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Law Practice

Jun. 26, 2026

Good lawyering begins with good communication

Lasting client relationships are built not on rainmaking alone, but on trust, proactive communication, business-minded advice, realistic expectations, mastery of the file, transparency when things go wrong, and a willingness to deliver difficult news personally.

Christopher Frost

Trial Litigator, Law Professor, and the Founding and Name Partner
FROST LLP

Email: chris@frostllp.com

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Kris Rossfeld

Managing Partner
FROST LLP

Investigations, Compliance, and Privacy practice

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Good lawyering begins with good communication
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In nearly 50 collective years of practice, we have been asked innumerable times, "What is your secret to developing and maintaining long-term business relationships?" As with any good "lawyer answer," there isn't a simple one.

Developing business is as much an art as a science. But having spent a career as an outside litigator (Chris with a "C") and much of a career as an in-house counsel and compliance officer (Kris with a "K"), our perspectives from t...

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