Claudia Wilson Frost

Claudia Wilson Frost United States of America

Sole Arbitrator Emergency Arbitrator Member of the arbitral tribunal Mediator Expert
United States of America American (United States of America) Resident in United States of America English — Fluent

Surname
Frost
First name
Claudia Wilson
Current professional position
Founder/Member Manager
Organisation / firm
Frost ADR PLLC
Country of residence
United States of America
Nationality
American (United States of America)
Languages spoken & proficiency
EnglishFluent

Arbitrator roles
Sole Arbitrator Emergency Arbitrator Member of the arbitral tribunal
Mediator roles
Mediator
Expert
Expert
Professional biography

Ms. Frost has been lead counsel in hundreds of cases, including well over 40 trials and in numerous U.S. and international arbitrations and 50-plus mediations. She is a Texas certified mediator and available for appointment as arbitrator, mediator, consultant and neutral expert in domestic and international proceedings. She is listed on WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center’s List of Mediators and Arbitrators. Roles/Services Counsel for Parties in international arbitration; Evaluative and Facilitative Mediation; Binding Arbitration; Early Neutral Case Evaluation; Mock Trials and Moot Court; Litigation and Settlement Strategy Consulting; Neutral Expert Rules /Forums ICSID · ICC · UNCITRAL · AAA-ICDR · JAMS · CAS · LCIA · ad hoc — U.S. and international Sector Experience Extensive IP dispute experience: patents, copyright (including DMCA), trade secrets in the Energy Sector: oil and gas, petrochemicals, catalysts, renewables · the Technology and Innovation Sector, across various technical fields · the Financial services Sector · the Automotive Products Liability Sector (including Formula One) · Mass Actions. Technical fields Oil & gas (upstream/reservoir engineering /geoscience /physics); (downstream/catalyst chemistry); renewables · ICT/telecom/ GPS/ Bluetooth; IEEE; semiconductors · software/electrical engineering/ virtual and cloud computing/computer science; architecture, automotive components ADR Experience Arbitration. Lead counsel for claimants and respondents in arbitrations and post-award confirmation proceedings and appeals. Representative matters include investor-state arbitration concerning a Middle East gas-plant project; oil-and-gas exploration-and-production joint-venture dispute in Caspian Sea region; ICSID petrochemicals arbitration; dissolution and valuation of 30-year petrochemical partnership under AAA baseball-arbitration rules; medical-device trade-secret arbitration under JAMS rules; and multi-country ICC trademark dispute. Served as expert witness in IP arbitration. Mediation. Lead counsel in well over 50 mediations —25+ in complex patent-infringement matters — many multi-day, multi-session and cross-border, with parallel proceedings in EU, Canada and Asia, including SEP/FRAND disputes and antitrust claims. Selected Recognitions. Chambers USA, International — recognized for over a decade ('fabulous strategist … brilliant analysis') · The Legal 500— 'One of the Best Known Names in the Field' · Legal 500 Elite (Houston), Energy Disputes (2026) · Lawdragon 500 Leading Energy Lawyers (2025) · IP Star, Managing IP (2026 and prior years) · Law360 '20 Most Influential Women in IP Law' (2014) · Law360 'Trial Pro' (2016) · IAM World's Leading Patent Professionals (2014–2015) · Managing IP 'Top 250 Women in IP' · Benchmark Litigation Star · Best Lawyers. Selected Leadership Roles. BakerBotts, co-head Trial Department, management committee, Co-Chair US and Global Patent Practice, DLA Piper; Co-Lead Energy Practice Group, management committee, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP; Founder: Frost Law Group, PLLC (member in Fletcher Held, PLLC) and Frost ADR, PLLC. Federal Circuit Bar Association — Co-Chair, Global Series Committee · The Institute for Energy Law (IEL) Advisory Board, Texas Association of Civil Trial and Appellate Specialists (Director; Past President) · Atlas IP Inn of Court (founding member; Master of the Bench, emeritus) · Center for Women in Law, University of Texas School of Law (founding member and past EC member), Houston Law Review, Inc. (Past Chairman, President, member Board of Directors). Selected Presentations. Ms. Frost recently curated/moderated 'Effective Use of ADR in Patent Disputes,' Federal Circuit Global Series, Washington, D.C. (2026).

Expert appointments
Up to 10
15 years in this role

Legal / dispute expertise
Antitrust / competition law Commercial contracts Copyrights & related rights Damages & valuation Dispute resolution / arbitration practice SEPs / FRAND Trade secrets & know-how Unfair competition Unitary patents Other OtherUS patent law, trade secrets law, DMCA, ITC and US courts and appeals
Technical expertise
Artificial intelligence / data technologies Chemistry Energy technologies Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Mechanical engineering Medical technology / medical devices Physics Renewable energy
Industries
Energy & utilities Financial services Technology & IT Telecommunications Other OtherSemiconductor, Automotive, Sports

Bar admission(s)
Texas
Governing law experience
Common law
Seat of arbitration experience
Paris, Houston
Mediation style
Evaluative Facilitative
Brief description

Trained and certified in Texas as facilitative mediator. Most patent and IP mediation experience is in this type of mediation. Experience in early neutral evaluations and facilitative mediations under AAA and other rules in software and licensing disputes, among others.

Education (degrees)
University of Texas; University of Houston Law Center JD
Relevant training
43 years of active practice as a trial lawyer, appellate advocate and strategist, with 30+ years largely focused on complex patent and IP disputes
Certifications / licenses
Licensed to practice in all courts in Texas (state and federal)
US Supreme Court, US Court of Appeals for Federal Circuit; Court of Appeals for Fifth Circuit;
Board Certified Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Civil Trial Law and in Civil Appellate Law
Certified Mediator State of Texas
Harvard Business School, Harvard Leadership Program (2013)
London School of Economics and NYU Stern, Joint Global Leadership Academy (2016).
Memberships / accreditations
American Board of Trial Advocates Fellow
Fellow, American Academy of Appellate Lawyers ·
American Bar Association Foundation, Texas Bar Foundation, Houston Bar Foundation,
The Center for American and International Law (CAIL), including the Transnational Arbitration Division
Institutional panels & memberships
CIArb – Chartered Institute of Arbitrators SVAMC – Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center
Publications and/or speaking engagements

•"Effective Use of ADR in Patent Disputes" Federal Circuit Bar Association Global Series, Washington DC (2026) "Global Protection of AI Technology" Federal Circuit Bar Association Global Series, Madrid (2025) •"Global Trade Secrets Issues" Federal Circuit Bar Association, Singapore (2024) •"Issues at the Intersection of Global Tech and Energy" Federal Circuit Bar Association, Milan (2023) •“SEP and FRAND: Licensees and Licensors,” Federal Circuit Bar Association Global Series, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Oct. 19, 2022) •“Experts: Comparison of Different Jurisdictions and What Works Best,” Federal Circuit Bar Association Global Series, Washington, DC (Apr. 26, 2022) •"Injunction in Patent Cases - Denied?," 2020 AIPPI World Congress Online (October 8, 2020) •“Framework for Analysis for Strategic and Tactical Considerations in Selecting Venues for International Patent Enforcement,” The Sedona Conference, Working Group 10 Member (Mar. 28-29, 2019) •“Global Patent Damages and Injunctive Relief,” Federal Circuit Bar Association Global Series, Ottawa, Canada (Oct. 2018) •“Global Patent Enforcement Strategies,” Federal Circuit Bar Association Global Series, Washington, D.C. (May2018) •“Global Patent Enforcement Strategies,” Federal Circuit Bar Association Global Series, London, UK (Sept. 2017) •“Patent Litigation in the US, Compare and Contrast,” 2016Federal Circuit Bar Association Global Series, Paris,France (Oct. 13, 2016)