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Louis Frey Jr.

Shareholder Emeritus

Practice Areas

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

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

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 Comission, 2000-2001
• Florida Sports Foundation, Board of Directors, 2007

Recognition

• Martindale-Hubbell Rating: AV
• 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 2005-2008 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 Best Lawyers in America 2007-2008
• Orlando's Best Lawyers 2007-2008 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

University Club
Florida Turnpike Authority, General Counsel, 1966-1967
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, Science and Technology
Former Member of Congress, past President and Executive Committee member
Former leader of Congressional Delegations to Cuba, China, Vietnam, Italy, Slovakia and England, etc.
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
Florida 20/20 Energy Commission, 2000-2001
The Lou Frey Institute of Politics and Government at the University of Central Florida

Publications and Lectures

"Inside the House - Former Members Reveal How Congress Really Works"
Brief History of the Electoral College Journal of the Florida Political Science Association
"Political Rules of the Road and Life"
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
"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. andFlorida Citrus Sports.