Lou Frost
| Lou Frost | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 19, 1931 New York, New York, USA |
| Died | January 16, 2008 (aged 76) Jacksonville, Florida USA |
| Cause of death | stomach cancer |
| Education | Juris Doctor, University of Florida |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Employer | State of Florida |
| Title | Public Defender, Fourth Judicial Circuit |
| Term | 1968–2005 |
| Predecessor | Ed Austin |
| Successor | Bill White |
| Political party | Democrat |
Louis O'Melville "Lou" Frost, Jr. (September 19, 1931 – January 16, 2008) was an American lawyer who served for 36 years as the elected public defender for Florida's Fourth Judicial Circuit, which consists of Duval, Nassau, and Clay counties. He was a local legal institution who nurtured the careers of hundreds of young lawyers, with two dozen appointed to state and federal judgeships, and one seated on the Florida Supreme Court.
Frost was born in New York City, but his family moved to Jacksonville, Florida when he was seven years old. He was a 1949 graduate of Jacksonville's Landon High School, where he was named valedictorian. He received a degree in business from the University of Florida in 1953, the same year he married his wife, Shirley. He attended law school at the University of Miami before serving two years as an officer in the United States Army First Infantry during the Korean War. After leaving the Army, he completed his law degree at the University of Florida College of Law. He was admitted to the Florida Bar on November 6, 1958. and worked briefly in a Jacksonville private practice.
In 1959, then-county solicitor Lacy Mahon Jr. hired Frost as a part-time prosecutor. After Edward M. Booth was elected County Solicitor, he retained Frost on the staff, as well as Ed Austin. Frost first became acquainted with Austin in 1951 at the University of Florida when the former was a student and the latter was a teacher. A few years later, Frost was a First Lieutenant at Fort Sill, Oklahoma when Austin attended Officer Candidate School. They also attended law school together.
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