Kristen Frost

Kristen M. Frost is an experienced trial lawyer who represents individual and corporate clients facing a myriad of legal issues. She specializes in white collar and criminal antitrust matters and in general criminal defense in various jurisdictions. She has tried numerous complex cases as lead counsel in federal court, throughout Colorado and in Illinois and Virginia.

Kristens advocacy is not defined by successful jury verdicts alone. It involves high level strategy and hard fought battles to secure dismissal of cases before charges are filed and by way of litigation and complex motions practice after indictment. She has obtained the dismissal of charges in several high profile matters, including a dismissal of an indictment charging a wide-ranging conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids for broiler chicken products brought by the Department of Justice Antitrust Division.

Kristen has represented clients during all aspects of a case, from pre-trial representation, after indictment, at trial, during post-conviction proceedings and on appeal. She has argued before the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the Colorado Court of Appeals, the Illinois Appellate Court and the Illinois Prisoner Review Board. She has defended professionals before the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies and the Colorado Supreme Court Attorney Regulation Counsel.

Kristen is a member of the Criminal Justice Act Panel and is currently the chair of the Standing Committee. She is a frequent lecturer on various legal topics and has been a panelist at various conferences, including the ABA Antitrust International Cartel Workshop, the Cambridge Forum White Collar Conference and the Lightfoot Annual White Collar Institute. She has lectured for the CJA Panel, the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar Association, the Colorado State Public Defenders and has taught at the University of Colorado, the University of Denver and the Siracusa Institute.

She has been recognized as a leading defense and trial attorney by Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers, Colorado Law Week and as a Top Lawyer by 5280 Magazine.

Earlier in her career, Kristen worked as a Colorado State Public Defender and in private practice as a defense attorney in Chicago.