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Louis Frey Jr.

Shareholder Emeritus

Practice Areas

• Administrative Law
• Corporate and Securities
• Healthcare
• Public Finance
• Telecommunications

Specialty Practices/ Industries

• International Law

Education

• University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1961 Order of the Coif, Assistant Editor, Michigan Law Review
• Colgate University, B.A., 1955 cum laude, Honors in English

Admitted

• The Florida Bar - 1961
• The District of Columbia Bar - 1978
• U.S. Supreme Court

Appointments and Elected Positions

• Assistant County Solicitor, 1961-1963
• United States House of Representatives, 1969-1979
• Republican Leadership, House of Representatives, 1973-1976
• Florida Lottery Commissioner, 1987-1988
• Government Energy Commission, 2000-2001
• Florida Sports Foundation, Board of Directors, 2007

Recognition

• Martindale-Hubbell Rating: AV
• 2009 Distinguished Service Award by the U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress, Past recipients include Gerald Ford, Thomas "Tip" O'Neill, Dick Cheney, Al Gore, Bob Dole, and George Mitchell
• University of Michigan, Law Review
• Honorary Doctorate of Law, Rollins College, 1977
• Honorary Doctorate of Science, Jones University, 1978
• Republican Candidate for Senator and Governor of Florida
• Named in the 2004-2009 edition of Who's Who in the World
• Listed in Who's Who in American Politics
• Recognized in 2006-2007 Madison Who's Who of Professionals
• Listed in 2006-2010 Best Lawyers in America
• 2007-2010 Orlando's Best Laywers Orlando Magazine
• Selected for inclusion in the 2006 edition of Florida Super Lawyers
• "Florida's Top Lawyers" Florida Monthly Magazine
• Honored by Lighthouse Central Florida

Professional Certification, Memberships and Activities

Professional Associations
Orange County Bar Association
The Florida Bar

Community Activities

Member of U.S. Congress 1969-1979
Member House Leadership 93rd and 94th Congress
Former Members of Congress Past President and Executive Committee Member
Leader of Congressional Delegations to Chile, China, Cuba, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Slovakia, Ukraine and Vietnam
University Club
Florida Turnpike Authority, General Counsel, 1966-1967
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Space Committee, U.S. Congress
Florida Council on Economic Education, past President and Executive Committee Member
National Center for Simulation, past Chairman of Advisory Committee
Lighthouse Central Florida, past President and Executive Committee Member

Publications and Lectures

"Inside the House - Former Members Reveal How Congress Really Works," University Press
Brief History of the Electoral College Journal of the Florida Political Science Association
"Political Rules of the Road, Representatives Senators & Presidents Share Their Rules for Success in Congress, Politics & Life," University Press
Featured speaker at numerous colleges such as: University of Michigan, Colgate University, University of Central Florida, Oxford, New Mexico State, East Carolina University, California State University, Monterey Bay, Naval Academy
"A Day With the Florida Governors" at the Lou Frey Institute
"Civic Involvement" Orange County Bar Association

Representative Client Experience

• During the first seven years, major areas of practice included criminal law as the Assistant County Solicitor (DA) of Orange County. Also was General Counsel for the Florida State Turnpike Authority, represented the Com Banks chain in Central Florida, and many corporations involved in the defense and space programs.
• After retiring from Congress in 1979, much of the work was in Washington centered primarily in the communications/anti-trust field. At that time, Judge Greene was supervising the breakup of AT&T and there were many issues before the Court and the Congress. Business formations, especially in the communications field, occupied some the time between 1978 and 1986, including forming cellular companies and a company that built the first private fiber optic cable between England and the United States.
• Since returning to Florida in 1987, a majority of my practice has been forming and counseling businesses, helping with the financing, and working with companies to ensure that there is a successful exit strategy. The practice has also included service on boards and public bodies such as the Governor's 20/20 Energy Commission and representing the Orange County Health Facilities Authority.
• Also advised clients who had governmental problems in Washington and Tallahassee, and worked on several major tax problems with the Florida Department of Revenue for major Florida companies such as Darden Restaurants, Inc. and Florida Citrus Sports.

Representative Projects

Mr. Frey is the founder of the Frey Institute of Politics and Government at the University of Central Florida which, in a few years, has become one of the most important in the nation.The Frey Institute (www.LouFrey.org) has semi-annual symposiums with average attendance of over 700 plus several thousand more by internet. Some recent symposiums include:

• Homeland Security or Police State
• The U.S. and the U.N.: Building Block or Stumbling Block for American Foreign Policy
• The Impact of Watergate: A 30-year Retrospective
• The Space Program: Past and Future, Public or Private
• Money and Politics: Are Elections for Sale
• Church and State: Blurring the Line
• A Day With the Florida Governors
• U.S. Immigration Policy: Open Borders or Closed Doors
• Environmental Policy: Issues, Concerns and Solutions
• Presidential Elections: The Road to the White House 2008
• The Road to the White House: Tough Choices
• Considering the Middle East: Politics, Issues, and Solutions
• The First 100 Days: Policies and Approaches for the New Administration
• New Generation New Economy New Opportunities
• Congress and Bipartianship: Can't We All Get Along?