Scott Frost

Scott Frost has represented victims of asbestos related disease for over 20 years.

His passion is representing families who have been harmed by corporations.

Scott is an experienced litigator who tries benzene exposure and defective medical device cases along with asbestos exposure and mesothelioma cases.

He is licensed to practice law by the state bars of California, Washington, Oregon, Hawaii, Georgia, Kentucky, Indiana, and Texas.

Scott is also a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He is also accredited by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and he formerly served with the Judge Advocate General’s Corps of the U.S. Army.

Scott is a cum laude graduate of Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, and earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Kentucky College of Law.

While serving in the United States Army, Scott was appointed as a Special Assistant United States Attorney. In that capacity, he tried cases on behalf of the United States in District Court in Waco, Texas and earned the victim assistance award.

Scott is a graduate of Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyer’s College.

Since 2000, Scott has successfully tried asbestos cases across the country. He has been recognized in Texas Monthly magazine on the 2005 Law & Politics Texas Rising Stars list and again from 2014 through 2018 on the Southern California Super Lawyers list published by Thomson Reuters.

Scott is also a frequent presenter at asbestos conferences. His pro bono work includes of counsel appointments by the Public Justice Foundation for asbestos removal litigation involving the St. Louis Airport, the Fort Worth Cowtown Inn project, and St. Bernard Parish.

Scott is a member of the American Association for Justice and is the co-chair of the Asbestos Litigation Section.

California, 2008
Georgia, 1996
Hawaii, 2017
Indiana, 1994
Kentucky, 1994
Oregon, 2018
Texas, 2000
Washington, 2019
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit
U.S. District Court, Central District of California
U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas

Scott is a cum laude graduate of Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, and earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Kentucky College of Law.

Fort Worth Cowtown Inn Project
Of Counsel, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Foundation
St. Bernard Parish Asbestos Removal
St. Louis Airport Asbestos Removal Litigation

Diplomate Tier, AAJ Masters of Trial Law program, 2020
Selected for inclusion on the Southern California Super Lawyers list, published by Thomson Reuters, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Selected for inclusion on the Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars list, published by Law & Politics, 2005
Graduate, Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyers College, 1999
National Moot Court Team, University of Kentucky, 1994

American Board of Trial Advocates
American Association for Justice – Co-Chair, Asbestos Litigation Section, 2012-Present

$40 Million Dollar – Mesothelioma Verdict

2023 – Cook County, Illinois

Lead trial counsel Scott L. Frost and Jill Rakauski from Frost Law Office, PC helped secure a $40,750,000 verdict on behalf of Bruce Torgerson and his family in Cook County, Illinois, against the defendant, John Crane, Inc.

Bruce Torgerson was a “pump man” who testified to using John Crane asbestos-containing gaskets and packing across the United States throughout his working career. The case was originally filed in NY, then CA, and then after the defendant threatened personal jurisdiction motions in both venues, plaintiffs re-filed in Cook County, the headquarters of John Crane, Inc.

Bruce had mesothelioma and suffered for 1.5 years before succumbing to the disease in December of 2019. He left behind his wife Annette Beneville, with Alzheimer’s disease, and their two children.

$2,500,000 Mesothelioma Settlement

2022 – Los Angeles

During jury deliberations, Frost Law Firm, PC secured a $2,500,000 settlement on behalf of a client diagnosed with mesothelioma. The defendant in the case was the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).

While a student in junior high and high school in the 1970s, the Frost Law Firm client took automotive, ceramic, and crafting classes at Los Angeles area schools. During these classes, the client worked with asbestos-containing products which contributed to her asbestos cancer diagnosis.

$5M Mesothelioma Verdict

2022 – Los Angeles
Scott L. Frost and Paul Cook of Frost Law Firm, PC represented a client with mesothelioma. He was exposed to asbestos through products he worked with during the 1960s and 1970s.

$7,450,000 Mesothelioma Settlement

2021 – California
Frost Law Firm secured a $7,450,000 settlement for a client who was diagnosed with mesothelioma. The client was exposed to asbestos-containing materials during his time at the California Maritime Academy.

$32M Secondhand Asbestos Exposure Verdict

2021 – South Carolina.
Frost Law Firm Founder Scott L. Frost acted as Lead Trial Counsel and obtained a jury verdict of $32M for the family of a deceased individual.

Co-Chair, HarrisMartin’s California Asbestos Litigation: Trial 101, May 12, 2017
Co-Chair, 4th Annual Emerging Trends in Asbestos Litigation Conference, HB Litigation Conferences, April 7-8, 2011
Co-Chair, Asbestos Litigation in 2013 and Beyond, Asbestos Litigation Group, American Association for Justice Annual Convention, July 20-23, 2013
Panelist, Cutting-Edge Issues in Asbestos Litigation Conference, The Perils of Successor Liability: Who is Really in the Hot Seat?, Perrin Conferences, Beverly Hills, California, March 17-18, 2014
Panelist, Cutting-Edge Issues in Asbestos Litigation Conference, Young Lawyers Lunch: There and Back Again—Tales and Advice on How to Win Your Cases at Trial, Satisfy your Clients and Keep You Partners Happy, All at the Same Time; and DNA in The Court Room—The Cutting Edge of Science and Medicine, Beverly Hills, California, March 14-15, 2016
Speaker, HarrisMartin’s Asbestos Litigation Conference: Peripheral No More, Part III, 2008
Speaker, HarrisMartin’s Asbestos Litigation Conference: Peripheral No More, 2007
Speaker, HarrisMartin’s Texas Asbestos & Silica Litigation Conference: Life After Borg-Warner v. Flores, 2007
Speaker, HarrisMartin’s Asbestos Conference: Trial of a Take-Home Exposure Case from Jury Selection to Verdict, The Peninsula Chicago, June 22-23, 2009
Speaker, HarrisMartin’s Trial of a Benzene Case Conference, December 8-9, 2008
Speaker, HarrisMartin’s Trial of a Mesothelioma Case from Jury Selection to Verdict, June 23-24, 2008
Speaker, HarrisMartin’s “Alabama Toxic Tort Litigation: Life After the Griffin Ruling”, May 19, 2008
Speaker, Mealey’s Asbestos 101 Conference, 2005
Speaker, Mealey’s Asbestos Litigation Super Conference, Sept. 22-24, 2008
Speaker, Mealey’s Asbestos Premises Liability Conference, 2003
Speaker, Asbestos Litigation Conference: A Comprehensive National Overview and Outlook, Perrin Conferences, San Francisco, California, September 14-16, 2009
Speaker, Asbestos Litigation Conference: A National Overview & Outlook, Perrin Conferences, San Francisco, CA, September 10-12, 2012
Speaker, Asbestos Litigation Crash Course, HB Litigation Conferences, February 24, 2010
Speaker, Building an Asbestosis Case, 2012 Arizona Regional Conference, Mesa, AZ, October 4-5, 2012
Speaker, HarrisMartin’s National Asbestos Conference: Litigation and Trial of MDL Asbestos Claims in Federal Court, February 24-25, 2011
Speaker, Overview of Recent Verdicts, Case law, and Emerging Issues from the Front Lines, American Association for Justice Annual Convention, July 22, 2013
Speaker, Plaintiff’s Asbestos Litigation Seminar, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 16, 2012

Accredited by the Department of Veterans Affairs, 2016-Present
JAG Corps, United States Army, 1995-2000