Friday\, April 3\, 2026\, from 12:00 p.m.- 2:00 p.m. ET
The Alumni in Residence program connects current HLS st udents with accomplished HLS alumni for one-on-one career mentoring and adv ice. You’re invited to meet with Crystal Nix-Hines J.D. '90 during their vi rtual office hours. Sign up for a 20-minute Zoom appointment.
Crystal Nix-Hines is a Partner in the Los Angeles Office where she focuses on class action litigation\, internal inve stigations\, data privacy and security\, complex business disputes\, intell ectual property and environmental litigation. Her clients include domestic and multinational corporations\, global investment firms\, business executi ves and entrepreneurs\, major non-profit organizations and individuals. Cry stal returned to the firm in 2017 after her tenure in Paris\, France as U.S . Ambassador to UNESCO. A C-Suite and Board-level strategic thinker\, Cryst al Co-Chairs the firm’s Crisis Law & Strategy Group\, advising clients on c risis management and resolution including leading internal investigations i nvolving sensitive reputational issues such as alleged sexual misconduct\, discrimination\, harassment\, Title IX violations\, corporate governance di sputes and other matters. She also is the Founder and Chair of the firm’s E ducation Practice Group\, which represents universities in a variety of mat ters and through her leadership\, has successfully represented 11 universit ies in 21 class action lawsuits arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. She ini tially joined the firm in 2008.
A law clerk to Supreme Court Justices Thurgood Marshall and Sandra Day O’Connor\, and to Judge William N orris of the Ninth Circuit\, Crystal excels in formulating legal strategy a nd persuasive written advocacy that often leads to early resolution at the pleading and summary judgment stages. She has played an instrumental role i n significant trial and appellate cases\, including two successful cases be fore the U.S. Supreme Court.
During her ambassadorial tenure\ , Crystal established a proactive\, entrepreneurial and constructive mandat e for the U.S. Mission that highlighted American leadership and improved or ganizational governance and effectiveness. She successfully led United Stat es’ efforts in Paris to secure reelection to UNESCO’s Executive Board – the key decision-making body – as well as launched a series of innovative init iatives\, including two global public-private partnerships.
C rystal earned a B.A. from Princeton University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School\, where she graduated with honors and served as Supervising Editor o f the Harvard Law Review. Crystal currently serves on the advisory board of Cross River Bank and on the board and Executive Committee of the Californi a Community Foundation which thus far has raised over $100 million to suppo rt those impacted by the Eaton and Palisades wildfires in Los Angeles.
< p>She previously served on the board of Fulcrum Bioenergy and was a Trustee of Princeton University for nine years.
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