Class Notes

Ross Linzer, LA04, joined King & Spalding LLP’s new Miami office as a partner in the firm’s trial and global disputes practice group. Linzer represents clients in commercial litigation, the defense of class actions and other transactional matters. He and his wife, Lindsey, live in Davie, Fla., with their sons, Noah and Zach.

Jennifer Belmont Jennings, LA03, GR05, LW09, co-authored a book with 22 other women lawyers, Women in Law: Discovering the True Meaning of Success (Ramses House Publishing, March 2022). The book offers life and career advice from 23 accomplished women lawyers who hail from Big Law, small law and everything in between.

Walter Hutchens, LW99, GR99, was appointed by the University of Arizona Rogers College of Law as director and faculty member of the student program in Qingdao, China. Students who graduate from the program earn a BA in law from the University of Arizona and an LLB from the university’s partner institution, Ocean University of China. Previously, Hutchens held an endowed chair and chaired the Global Business Department at the University of Redlands in Southern California.

Dennis Fish, LA99, joined the U.S. Mint in June as the chief equity officer. For the previous eight years, he was the associate director for program operations at the U.S. Department of Labor’s Civil Rights Center. He lives in Arlington, Va.

Rhonda Broussard, LA97, wrote One Good Question: How Countries Prepare Youth to Lead (TBR Books, July 2022). The book addresses a variety of topical questions: Who should really go to college? What voice should parents have in their children’s education? How is the economy limiting education access worldwide? Broussard is the founder and CEO of Beloved Community, a national nonprofit committed to sustainable economic equity in schools, the workforce and housing.

Emily Wells, LA96, was appointed artistic director of The Human Race Theatre Company in Dayton, Ohio. The third artistic director in the professional company’s 36-year history, Wells was unanimously selected by the board and search committee.

Teddi Daniels, LA93, LA93, penned and self-published a children’s book, Saving Suzie Q: A Shelter Pup’s Story of Survival and Adoption. The book shares with children the values of kindness, perseverance, hope and love, and encourages them to help others, especially animals, to have a voice and value in our society.

Robert Burch, LA92, in January was elected as the president of the Orange County Bar Association’s family law section and in April was elected as the president of the board of directors for the Birch Heights Business Association. In May, his son completed his first year at WashU.

Jason Kravitz, LA90, a partner at Nixon Peabody, led the team of attorneys that successfully defended W.B. Mason and its use of the word “Blizzard” against a suit from Dairy Queen. Kravitz practices in the intellectual property and cybersecurity/privacy litigation area.

Kristen Galles, LW90, received the 2022 Ramey Gender Justice Award from Equal Rights Advocates (San Francisco) for her decades of work litigating precedent-setting Title IX cases and promoting the next generation of Title IX advocates.