Professor of Legal Writing Christina Frohock’s 2021 article in the American Journal of Criminal Law has gained acclaim in legal circles. “Special Matters: Filtering Privileged Materials in Federal Prosecutions” has been cited by the Supreme Court of Iowa in State v. Iowa District Court for Emmet County, 6 N.W.3d 723 (Iowa 2024), by the Supreme Court of Minnesota in In re State, 986 N.W.2d 686 (Minn. 2023), in the Everytrial Criminal Defense Resource Book, and quoted and cited in the petition for a writ of certiorari filed in the U.S. Supreme Court in Esformes v. United States, 144 S. Ct. 485 (2023).
In her article, Frohock reviewed the U.S. Department of Justice’s toolbox for handling potentially privileged materials, with close attention to the evolution from filter teams to the Special Matters Unit in fraud prosecutions and argued that a view of criminal justice as quasi-adversarial underlies the Department’s privilege strategies.
Prior to joining Miami Law, Frohock worked at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York City as a litigation attorney. She also practiced litigation at both White & Case LLP and Kenny Nachwalter, P.A. in Miami.
Professor Frohock teaches Legal Communication and Research Skills to J.D. and LL.M. students. She has published law review articles on a wide variety of topics, including constitutional law, criminal procedure, copyright law, military law, habeas corpus, legal authority, and law and literature. She also published a book, Small-Town GTMO, that analyzes the legality of the Guantánamo naval station and describes her experiences on the base.
