George Frost

George Frost is a member of CivicActions and serves as its General Counsel, advising the firm on the full panopoly of legal issues, as well as taking an increasingly active role in client development and strategy. George worked for more than a decade as a reporter and editor for a variety of "old media" publications, including the San Francisco Examiner, Anchorage Daily News, and Newsweek. Upon obtaining his law degree from the University of California Hastings College of the Law, he joined a San Francisco law firm (later merged with Perkins, Coie), where he specialized in complex litigation, IP and media law. Among the firm's clients were the Hearst Corporation, Gannett, NBC Dateline, as well as various "new media" startups. In 1998, George was named "Rainmaker Associate" by National Jurist's Associates Magazine. George left Perkins, Coie in 1999 and joined with Spencer Hosie to form the successful boutique law firm Hosie Frost Large & McArthur, where his practice focused on antitrust and other complex business litigation, IP, and media/new media matters. Recent major representative matters include: State of Louisiana v. Chevron U.S.A., a royalty fraud trial on behalf of the State of Louisiana that resulted in a $111 million jury verdict against Chevron, and Burst.com v Microsoft Corp., an antitrust and IP action in which he assisted in obtaining a $60 million settlement with Microsoft. George recently resigned as a partner at the firm and is continuing a solo practice advising statups on IP matters. George has been an Adjunct Professor at the University of San Francisco Law School, where he taught media and new media law, and recently served as special counsel to the California Senate Judiciary Committee. He remains active in First Amendment and other issues.