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Georgetown Law Webstory on Barristers' Council
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Georgetown Law Webstory on 2009 Beaudry Finals
• ADR News •
Congratulations to Talia Gillis, winner of the 2009 Everett Bellamy Arbitration Moot. Joining Ms. Gillis in the final round of the competition were Danielle Pals, Susan Mathenge, and Melvin Peralta. The finalists argued before a panel of leading practitioners in international arbitration, including David Branson, Alexandre de Gramont, and Lauren Patterson.
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Barristers' Council members Hugh Carlson, Michele Leonelli, Ryan Majerus, and David Merin represented Georgetown at the 2009 Foreign Direct Investment International Moot Competition in Frankfurt, Germany. The team came very close to advancing, and member Hugh Carlson received an honorable mention and the second highest individual score overall. The team was grateful for the coaching of Frédéric Sourgens, an attorney at Milbank Tweed.
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• Mock Trial News •
Ayo Otukoya, Trisha Pasdach, Brent Wisner, and Elisabeth Sperle competed in the National Civil Trial Competition in Los Angeles, California. The team made the semi-finals with an impressive record in the preliminary rounds before losing a narrow decision to perennial power Stetson University. The team had the assistance of Charlie Lemley as coach.
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Kaavya Viswanathan, Adam Bellotti, Kurt Krolikowski, and Jessica McCurdy competed in the National White Collar Crime Mock Trial Invitational, hosted by Georgetown, and had three very solid preliminary rounds, though they did not advance to the semi-final round. Thanks to Bonnie Arthur and Dan Mauler, who volunteered their time to coach.
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The trial advocacy division hosted the National White Collar Crime Mock Trial Invitational, a premier national mock trial tournament, from November 13 to 15. This year's competition, notable among law school tournaments for being entirely student run, involved a defendant who allegedly made false statements about a religious name when he sought employment in a sensitive government position. Held at both the DC Superior and US Courthouses, 20 teams attended from all over the country, up from 16 in the past. The competition involved over 140 practitioner-judges and 35 individual trials. Barry University prevailed over Fordham University in an exceedingly close final round. The committee responsible for the tournament included Palmer Heenan, director; Ryan Hart, assistant director; Megan Wolf, director of logistics; Bryan Kennedy and Mariah Bibb Fox, directors of judge recruitment; Jeremy Widder (chair), Frank Balsamello, and Meredith Garagiola, packet committee; and Jonathan Ference, 2008 director.
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In its first year competing in the National Trial Advocacy
Competition, hosted by Michigan State University School of Law, Georgetown's team placed third of 26 teams. Austin Elam, Jonathan Ference, Stacey Kime, and Brent Wisner defeated Georgia State, St. Mary's, and SMU in the preliminary rounds and prevailed over University of Denver in the quarterfinals before dropping a close decision to University of Alabama in the semifinals. The team benefitted from the generous assistance of former trial advocacy director Jill Streja as coach.
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Mariah Bibb Fox, Jim Maltese, Palmer Heenan, and Bryan Kennedy traveled to New Haven, Connecticut to compete in the ABA/Quinnipiac School of Law Trial Advocacy Competition. Although they did not advance to the knockout rounds from a highly selective eight-team field, the team, composed of second-years each competing for the first time, had two very strong performances. This tournament also represented a continuation of Georgetown's great relationship with Quinnipiac's mock trial program. The team was ably coached by Shayla McCormally.
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• Moot Court News •
Congratulations to Christina Brenha, champion of the 2009 Leahy Moot Court Competition! Ms. Brenha was joined in the final round by Eric Nitz, Rachel Fersh, and Brad Heath. The finalists argued before a distinguished panel of the Honorable D. Michael Fisher of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, the Honorable Vannessa Ruiz of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the Honorable Thomas M. Hardiman of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Honorable Andre M. Davis of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.
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