Our
Warriors
Practice Areas:
Antitrust. Appellate. Class Actions. Complex Business. Intellectual Property. Labor & Employment. Trials.
Client Sectors:
Consumer Optics. Technology. Entrepreneurship. Finance & Banking. Professional Sports. Real Estate Investment and Development. Sanitation & Conservation.
Nicholas (Nick) Lauber is a gifted trial and appellate litigator who began his career as a prosecutor, gaining unparalleled skills as a first-chair attorney. As FROST LLP’s appellate supervisor he has appeared, and successfully argued on behalf of his clients, before the California Court of Appeal. Having started his career with the goal of getting into the courtroom as soon as possible, Nick has tried more than 30 jury trials. His increasing focus on appellate matters reflects his appreciation for complex matters of law and for intellectual rigor.
As a litigator Nick’s experience includes complex business disputes involving contract and fraud; sanitation, recycling, and conservation; professional malpractice; government affairs; class actions; real estate litigation; and statutory and municipal compliance. He provides advice and counsel to clients in navigating regulatory minefields at the local, state, and federal levels to avoid litigation, conducting internal investigations, ensuring compliance, and vigorously prosecuting and defending in litigation. Throughout, Nick applies his exceptional legal writing skills to client advocacy in every brief he prepares.
In his first career as a prosecutor, Nick was known for his approach to a high volume of complex and sensitive cases on behalf of survivors of exploitation, violations of privacy, and abuse. He later worked as a city attorney in Los Angeles where he advised, counseled, and represented government entities and their agents on matters, including the applicability and enforceability of municipal codes and ordinances. He has defended clients, including law enforcement officers, in high-stakes civil rights litigation in state and federal court.
Nick earned his undergraduate degree from Indiana University and his J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles. He is admitted to the State Bar of California and admitted before the U.S. District Courts for the California Central and Northern Districts, as well as the U.S. Sixth and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeal.
When not practicing the law, Nick is an avid woodworker who makes furniture and other pieces inspired by the architecture of both his hometown of Columbus, Indiana, and his adopted home of Los Angeles. He is also a game show enthusiast, having previously appeared as a contestant on a long-running, nationally syndicated trivia program. Nick hones his courtroom humor skills through occasional standup comedy gigs around the city.