COMMERCIAL LITIGATION TEAM ANCHORED BY RENOWNED LOS ANGELES-BASED ATTORNEY JUSTIN M. GOLDSTEIN JOINS FROST LLP
Group of Four Litigators Brings Practice Focused on Commercial, Entertainment, Intellectual Property, and Utility Matters to Growing Firm
LOS ANGELES – May 6, 2025 – Bicoastal litigation firm FROST LLP today announced that a team of attorneys led by esteemed litigator Justin M. Goldstein is joining its Los Angeles office. Mr. Goldstein is a trial and appellate advocate with more than 25 years of experience representing movie studios, Fortune 500 companies, major tech firms, utility companies, and individual investors, executives, artists, and athletes. Counsel Louise Nutt and Shir Davidovicz and associate Benjamin Grush, who previously collaborated with Mr. Goldstein in a litigation department he founded at a previous firm, round out the team and will be counted among the FROST ranks over the coming weeks.
The group will further strengthen the two-year-old firm’s practices across entertainment, IP, energy and utility, real estate and other commercial litigation work.
Justin M. Goldstein
Partner
With a career spanning BigLaw and boutique law firms, including 10 years at O’Melveny & Myers, Justin M. Goldstein has a record of counseling and representing corporate and individual clients from the entertainment industry, Fortune 500 market sector leaders, and beyond. He is a trial attorney who has plied his courtroom trade for an entire career, building up a record of trial wins and significant settlements. As a law firm leader, he has founded and led litigation departments. He has represented motion picture studios, production companies, tech businesses, energy and utility companies, celebrities, entertainers, and athletes in matters ranging from copyright and trademark disputes to accounting actions and partnership dissolutions. Mr. Goldstein, who was born and raised in Los Angeles, has been recognized for his legal achievements and business stature by publications including the Los Angeles Business Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Daily Journal. His full bio is HERE.
Louise Nutt
Counsel
Louise Nutt is an experienced commercial litigator whose broad-based practice has included representing individual and corporate clients across banking, emerging technologies, energy and utility, entertainment, fintech and cryptocurrency, and real estate. As an entertainment litigator, she has handled significant matters for clients ranging from motion picture studios to creative talent. She has litigated a variety of business disputes, placing an emphasis on matters involving breach of contract and fraud claims. Ms. Nutt has also advised clients on social media policies, issues presented by digital currencies, and legal considerations for mobile apps. She periodically advises on interpretation of new regulations in various industries. Ms. Nutt and Mr. Goldstein are longtime colleagues and collaborated on numerous matters at their prior firm. Her full bio is HERE.
Shir Davidovicz
Counsel
Shir Davidovicz is a commercial litigator who represents corporate and high-net-worth individual clients across sectors including banking and finance, entertainment, fashion, manufacturing, and real estate. She is experienced in IP matters with an emphasis on licensing. Early in her career, Ms. Davidovicz interned with the Legal Office of the Supreme Court and worked on appellate matters at the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. She then spent several years in BigLaw before joining Mr. Goldstein and Ms. Nutt at their boutique firm. Her full bio is HERE.
Benjamin Grush
Attorney
Benjamin Grush handles complex civil litigation matters including business disputes, products liability, and securities matters. He began his career in BigLaw, then joined Mr. Goldstein and Ms. Nutt at their prior boutique firm. In his career, Mr. Grush has also represented clients in real estate litigation, shareholder actions, and white collar matters including internal corporate investigations and responding to regulatory body investigations. His full bio is HERE.
Quotes
“When you build a new firm, you know that everything you can accomplish will hinge on the legal talent who will join you. I have known and admired Justin Goldstein as a peer and an outstanding attorney for many years,” said Christopher Frost, founding partner of FROST LLP. “Justin’s focus on counseling clients, his razor-sharp intellect, and his superb trial skills make him an incredible asset for FROST LLP. Adding this group–Justin, Louise, Shir, and Benjamin–to our existing team is the kind of legal talent I hoped for.”
“Joining FROST LLP was a can’t miss opportunity to create a dream team of trial lawyers,” said Justin Goldstein, Partner at FROST LLP. “For almost 20 years, I’ve greatly respected Chris as a seasoned, highly committed, and tremendously effective practitioner. To combine my team with what he’s built allows me to offer clients some of the best litigators in the state for any dispute—no matter how small or large. It’s an exciting value proposition for clients, and personally invigorating for this next phase in my career.”
Founded in June 2023, FROST LLP has grown steadily–from four attorneys to approximately 30–and is now representing clients in matters across 13 states as well as those based internationally. The firm handles general commercial litigation for corporate and individual clients in entertainment, consumer optics, emerging technologies, marketing and advertising, media, the music industry, sanitation and recycling, and real estate among other fields. The entertainment and media experience of the latest team addition will add strength to the IP litigation component of the firm’s full-service IP division.
About FROST LLP
FROST LLP is a bicoastal litigation firm delivering on an unapologetically aggressive™ approach while serving clients with sound and creative advice. The firm’s BigLaw expats, law professors, former CEOs, military veterans, and former federal prosecutors are renowned for melding legal strategy, discipline, and cogent business advice to exceed client objectives. From litigation avoidance counseling to trial and appellate legal strategy, FROST LLP represents clients from around the globe in general commercial litigation including antitrust, bankruptcy, complex business, corporate and partnership, intellectual property, and labor and employment disputes. Founded in 2023, FROST LLP has offices in Los Angeles, New York, and Phoenix. Visit FROSTLLP.com for more information.