Fletcher Held represents companies and individuals in business and energy disputes. It defends corporations and their officers and directors in securities litigation and government enforcement actions, and it frequently serves as independent counsel in internal corporate investigations. The firm combines decades of large firm experience in complex disputes with the attention, efficiency, and responsiveness of a litigation boutique.
Scott Fletcher is recognized as one of the leading securities litigation and enforcement attorneys in the country. As the former co-head of securities litigation and enforcement at Jones Day and, before that, at Vinson & Elkins, Scott has more than 30 years of experience representing officers, directors, board committees, and companies. He defends clients across the country in securities class actions, shareholder derivative disputes, M&A challenges, SEC and DOJ enforcement actions, and internal investigations. He has tried commercial and bankruptcy-related cases to verdict and obtained several multimillion-dollar commercial arbitration awards.
Kenneth P. Held is an accomplished securities litigator with over 25 years’ experience defending securities class actions, derivative actions, and enforcement actions in a broad array of industries, including energy, telecommunications, healthcare, and consumer goods. He has handled cases relating to stock-drop securities fraud, merger challenges, fiduciary duty, ERISA stock-drop class actions and insider trading investigations. His clients range from individuals to publicly traded and privately held companies, as well as private equity firms and hedge funds.
Claudia Wilson Frost is a nationally recognized trial lawyer, appellate advocate and strategist, with four decades of experience in complex commercial litigation, including patent, copyright and trade secrets litigation. She has tried over 40 cases to conclusion and argued a like number of appeals in state and federal courts in Texas and around the country. Claudia has been lead or co-lead counsel in over 50 patent infringement cases in courts throughout the country, and her patent experience includes cross-border patent litigation, SEP and FRAND disputes and Section 337 proceedings in the ITC as well as numerous Markman hearings and jury trials in Texas, Delaware, and California. While much of her litigation experience is at the intersection of tech and energy, Claudia has handled cases in other sectors including financial services, telecommunications, information technology, automotive, and retail sectors.
