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Class Note Summer 2025

Samuel Dimon received the annual Community Service Award from the YMCA in Rye, New York. He was the founding board chair of the International Justice Mission in Washington, DC, an anti-trafficking, anti-oppression organization; founded and serves on the board of Grove Park Renewal, an affordable housing organization in Atlanta; and was on the board of A House on Beekman, an early childhood education and afterschool program in the South Bronx. Dimon also served on the board of Sanctuary for Families, a New York City organization that fights domestic violence and human trafficking, and was an active member of Rye Presbyterian Church. He is the current board chair of Meals on Main Street in Port Chester, New York.

Class Note Summer 2025

Stanley P. Jaskiewicz recently published “Wellness for Beginners” in the American Bar Association’s January 2025 Voice of Experience e-newsletter. He also received the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s St. John Neumann Emblem in recognition of his support of Catholic Scouting. He has served as the parish representative to Pack and Troop 303 since 2009, served as a counselor for scouting’s Catholic religious awards, and participated in or helped arrange many troop religious observances. Jaskiewicz is a member of the Philadelphia-based firm Spector Gadon Rosen Vinci PC.

Class Note Summer 2025

Timothy Stubbs co-authored his second book, Emerging Markets Debt Restructuring: Effectively Navigating Local Institutional Frameworks (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024). He is a banking and finance partner at Dentons Europe LLP in the firm’s London office, focusing on cross-border origination and restructuring-stage emerging-market transactions. He has worked on transactions in Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and other emerging markets.

Class Note Summer 2025

Nancy King retired from Vanderbilt Law School after serving as the Lee S. and Charles A. Speir Professor of Law from 2003 to 2024. She joined the faculty in 1991 and was the associate dean of research and faculty development from 1999 to 2001. During her time at Vanderbilt, she received awards for teaching, research, and service. King has authored or co-authored two leading multivolume treatises on criminal procedure, a leading criminal procedure casebook, dozens of articles and book chapters, and several books. She is an associate reporter for, and former member of, the advisory committee on the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and a member of the American Law Institute.

Class Note Summer 2025

Donn Meindertsma retired from Conner & Winters LLP, where he was a partner. He began his career as an associate at Winston & Strawn LLP, where he worked for 18 years before joining Conner & Winters. As an employment law counselor and litigator, he accumulated extensive experience defending discrimination and whistleblower retaliation claims. Meindertsma also authored a number of published works related to employment law and the nuclear energy industry.

Class Note Summer 2025

Ross A. Leisman was included in Crain’s Grand Rapids Business Notable Litigators and Trial Attorneys 2025. Leisman is chair of the litigation practice group at Mika Meyers Beckett & Jones PLC, where he has worked for more than 35 years. He focuses on commercial, banking, municipal, and land use litigation.

Class Note Summer 2025

Barron F. Wallace, a partner at Bracewell LLP in Houston, was selected to serve a three-year term on the firm’s management committee. Wallace focuses his practice on project finance conduit transactions involving state agencies, cities, school districts and higher education, airports, housing, industrial development, and other authorities and organizations. In June 2024, he completed a five-year term as chairman of the Houston Parks Board; he is a member of the board of directors of the Discovery Green-Downtown Park Corporation and the Houston Social Justice Fund.

Class Note Summer 2025

Kenneth Dintzer joined Crowell & Moring LLP in Washington, DC, as a partner in the firm’s government contracts, antitrust and competition, and litigation groups. He spent more than 30 years at the US Department of Justice (DOJ), serving attorneys general during six presidential administrations; most recently, he was deputy branch director in the National Courts Section of the Civil Division and senior trial counsel in the Antitrust Division. He also taught for more than 20 years at the DOJ’s training center at the University of South Carolina.

Class Note Summer 2025

David Rugendorf was named pro bono committee co-chair at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP in Los Angeles. He has served as an immigration and nationality attorney at the firm for more than 25 years, providing representation to employers, entrepreneurs, and individuals in administrative petitions to governmental agencies. Rugendorf serves a range of industries and counsels his international clients on travel and global mobility issues pertaining to admission to the United States.

Class Note Summer 2025

Denise J. Lewis was named a 2025 Distinguished Warrior by the Detroit Urban League for her impact in civil rights, law, business, and community service. Also, she was recently appointed chairperson of the UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust Board. Lewis, a retired senior partner at Honigman LLP, is a fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and the American College of Mortgage Attorneys. She serves on the boards of the Wayne State University Foundation, the Detroit Opera, Invest Detroit, and the Motown Museum.