Richmond & Quinn Partner Kenneth Gutsch Joins International Association of Defense Counsel

Kenneth Gutsch, a partner of the Anchorage law firm of Richmond & Quinn, has accepted an invitation to join the international Association of Defense Counsel (IADC), a global legal organization for attorneys who represent corporate and insurance interests. The core purposes of the IADC are to enhance the development of skills, promote professionalism, and facilitate camaraderie among its members and their clients, as well as the broader civil justice community.

Gutsch practices in the areas of personal injury/premises liability, product liability, construction defect, professional malpractice, and insurance coverage litigation. He has drafted amicus curiae briefs on behalf of the Defense Counsel of Alaska Anchorage and the Property Casualty Insurers’ Association of America on tort issues before the Alaska Supreme Court.

Gutsch is a member of the American and Alaska bar associations and the Defense Counsel of Alaska. He also is a past president of Alaska Special Olympics and has been a member of Rotary International since 2008.

Gutsch received his JD from the University of Illinois College of Law and his bachelor’s degree in the Russian language from Knox College. During his undergraduate career, he studied abroad at the University of Besancon in France and Leningrad State University in the Soviet Union. He served in the Peace Corps (Senegal) from 1983-1985.