Olubunmi 'Bunmi' Kusimo-Frazier
After practicing with a law firm for several years, Attorney Kusimo-Frazier transitioned to the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, where she served for four years as Deputy Counsel. In that role, she reviewed appellate filings, drafted memoranda summarizing appeals, and presented her analyses directly to the Supreme Court Justices. She was later promoted to Director of Magistrate Services, overseeing the operations of West Virginia’s fifty-five county magistrate court system. In this capacity, she advised magistrates, circuit judges, and Supreme Court Justices and implemented legislation statewide.
In 2022, Attorney Kusimo-Frazier returned to private practice as Of Counsel at a national law firm headquartered in Charleston, West Virginia. Her practice focuses on product liability defense, criminal defense, and civil rights law. In 2023, she was selected as a Fellow in the inaugural class of the Johnson & Johnson Trial Pathways Fellowship Program.
Attorney Kusimo-Frazier is a West Virginia Bar Foundation Fellow and currently serves on the Foundation’s Board of Directors. She has received numerous honors, including the 2023 Civil Rights Champion Award from the West Virginia Human Rights Commission and recognition as a 2024 Woman to Watch by the Charleston–West Virginia YWCA Woman of Achievement Awards. She also serves as a Commissioner for the West Virginia Juvenile Justice Commission and is a member of the Charleston (WV) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, as well as Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Alpha Omicron Omega Chapter.
Attorney Kusimo-Frazier is a proud magna cum laude graduate of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) and a lifetime member of the FAMU Alumni Association. She earned her Juris Doctor from Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington, Virginia.
Associate Dean Ronald Wheeler, a recognized leader in the area of legal research instruction, has served in various law library management roles at law schools across the country, including Suffolk University Law School, the University of San Francisco School of Law, Georgia State University College of Law, and the University of New Mexico School of Law. Wheeler has taught legal research in various contexts including in stand-alone first-year legal research courses, upper division courses, online, and in study abroad programs in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Linz, Austria. Wheeler also taught a course on US Legal Research to Chinese law students at the East China University of Political Science and Law in Shanghai, China during the summer of 2012. Wheeler has also taught a research and writing seminar called Queer Legal Scholarship, and he has taught Critical Race Theory as a seminar course. His newest course is a seminar called Critical Legal Research applying critical theory to the legal research process.
Associate Dean Wheeler’s scholarship focusing on legal research techniques, legal research instruction, and algorithm-driven search engines has gained him national attention, and he is regularly called upon to speak about innovations in teaching and other legal research-related topics. He is also a well-known author and speaker about issues related to law library management and the role of the law library in legal education. Wheeler penned Diversity Dialogues, a regular feature in Law Library Journal which aimed to engage scholarly conversation on issues of diversity and inclusion in librarianship and the legal profession. In 2014, Wheeler was named to the Lawyers of Color “50 under 50” list of minority attorneys making an impact on legal education. In 2016-17, Wheeler served as the first Black male president of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL). He also chaired the AALL Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Awareness (IDEA) Special Committee for two years. The Special Committee, charged with reviewing the organization, querying its members, and compiling recommendations aimed at making AALL more inclusive, diverse, and accessible, saw several of its recommendations adopted by the AALL Executive Board. Dean Wheeler serves as Chair of the Finance Committee on the Board of Directors of the Law Library Microform Consortium (LLMC) and as a member of the Board of Directors of the New England Law Library Consortium.
Associate Dean Wheeler has become passionate about the emerging field of Critical Legal Research which examines the ways that contemporary legal research processes, both print, and electronic, sustain the status quo, entrench bias, perpetuate oppressive forces, and prevent the discoverability of new and less hegemonic ideas. Wheeler has developed a new specialized research and writing seminar called Critical Legal Research modeled after a similar course taught by Professor Nicholas Mignanelli at Yale Law School.
Associate Dean Wheeler was appointed to serve as the Interim Associate Dean for Equity, Justice, & Engagement for the School of Law during FY 2022-23. He now serves as the Associate Dean for Law Libraries at Boston University School of Law’s Fineman & Pappas Law Libraries.
Jean Ralph (“JR”) Fleurmont is a senior associate at Sullivan & Triggs who has broad experience representing clients in civil and criminal litigation as well as government investigations. He has litigated at trial and appellate levels in state court, federal court, and arbitration. Prior to joining Sullivan & Triggs, JR was an associate at Williams & Connolly LLP, where he litigated a variety of high-stakes commercial and criminal cases.
JR has represented corporations, professional firms, and individuals in disputes spanning a wide variety of issues and industries including criminal investigations, professional malpractice, entertainment law, breach of contract, and sports law disputes. JR has also represented clients in investigations by the Department of Justice, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and other government agencies in federal wire fraud, mail fraud, money laundering and False Claims Act disputes. JR's clients have included Fortune 500 companies, former heads of state and high-level cabinet members, former NFL coaches, and individuals charged in criminal cases.
JR graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 2016 with honors. Following law school, he served as a law clerk for Judge Pamela Harris on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and Judge Emmet G. Sullivan on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Prior to law school, JR received his masters degree in Psychology at New York University and worked for several years at a non-profit helping with the assessment of mentally ill criminal defendants in the Bronx Supreme Court system. JR resides in Washington, DC and maintains an office there. He litigates cases across the country.
Although all cases vary and none is predictive, JR's experience includes:
· Counsel for former CEO of biotech company in wire fraud case in Northern District of California.
· Counsel for former head coach in the National Football League in breach of contract action in private arbitration.
· Counsel for creator of hit television series in breach of contract dispute with network.
· Counsel for company and 50 percent owner in partnership dispute.
· Counsel for former President and Defense Minister of a Latin American country in the first-ever civil trial in the United States against a former head of state of a foreign country.
· Counsel for major law firm in malpractice action resulting in dismissal of all counts.
· Counsel for several major media networks in copyright infringement action brought against a streaming service resulting in summary judgment in favor of networks.
I am the founder and managing attorney of The Rosewood Firm, a boutique law practice serving clients in Washington, D.C. and Maryland. My practice focuses on family law, criminal defense, and general civil litigation, with an emphasis on high-stakes, emotionally charged, or reputation-sensitive matters. I represent clients in contested custody disputes, divorce and separation actions, protective orders, and complex support or property division cases, as well as criminal matters ranging from misdemeanors to felonies.
Before founding my firm, I spent years litigating in D.C. Superior Court and federal courts, managing cases from inception through trial. I began my legal career in the courtroom—as a clerk, judicial assistant, and later as a big law litigator—gaining firsthand insight into the inner workings of the court system. That experience gives me a rare fluency in courtroom procedure and a strategic edge in negotiation and litigation alike.
At The Rosewood Firm, I combine my deep litigation experience with a concierge approach to client service. Every case receives individualized strategy, clear communication, and discreet, results-driven representation. My goal is to help clients protect what matters most—their families, their reputations, and their futures—with precision and care.
In 2020, Meaghan was named to the Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll with high honors after providing more than 100 hours of pro bono service before the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Meaghan continues in her commitment to pro bono service by providing legal services to domestic violence survivors with the DC Volunteer Lawyers Project.
Meaghan earned her J.D. from American University Washington College of Law, while serving in chambers with the Hon. Yvonne M. Williams of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
Meaghan is admitted to practice in and maintains offices in Washington, D.C. and Maryland with plans to expand her practice to Virginia in 2026.