2012 Competition

Results and Other Information from 2012

The second annual Billings, Exum & Frye National Moot Court Competition was held March 29-31, 2012.

Participating Schools

Appalachian School of Law
Charlotte School of Law
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Drexel University, Earle Mack School of Law
Duke University School of Law
Florida Coastal School of Law
George Mason University School of Law
Liberty University School of Law
Lincoln Memorial University, Duncan School of Law
Mercer University School of Law
Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center
Regent University School of Law
South Texas College of Law
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law
University of Houston Law Center
University of North Dakota School of Law
University of Virginia School of Law
Vanderbilt University Law School
Villanova Law School
Wake Forest University School of Law
William & Mary Law School

Results

First Place

Tashina Harris, Tyson Johnson and Mark Scirocco
George Mason University School of Law

Second Place

Tessa Vinson and Jessica Delany
William & Mary Law School

Semifinalists

Kelsey Heaton, Philip Morgan and Andrea Zepeda
University of Houston Law Center

Al Bender, Rebecca Hartrick and Kyra Smerkanich
George Mason University School of Law

Quarterfinalists

Sam Haaz, John Kuehne and Bob Wisse
Drexel University, Earle Mack School of Law

Sazi Lenoir-Williams and Sherea Randle
Florida Coastal School of Law

Carmen Cabrero, Anastasios Kamoutsas and Samuel Moultrie
Regent University School of Law

Ballari Mukherjee, Susannah Russell and Courtney Walsh
University of Houston Law Center

Oral Advocacy Awards

Preliminary Rounds – Best Oral Advocates

First Place
Carmen Cabrero
Regent University School of Law

Second Place
Jessica Delany
William & Mary Law School

Third Place
Jenna Gailliard
Florida Coastal School of Law

Final Round – Best Oral Advocates

Mark Scirocco
George Mason University School of Law

Jessica Delany
William & Mary Law School

Best Brief Awards

Petitioners’ Briefs – First Place

Al Bender, Rebecca Hartrick and Kyra Smerkanich
George Mason University School of Law

Respondents’ Briefs – First Place

Ballari Mukherjee, Susannah Russell and Courtney Walsh^*
University of Houston Law Center

Petitioners’ Briefs – Second Place

Drew Austria, Jenna Dobson and Jason Kennedy
Vanderbilt University Law School

Respondents’ Briefs – Second Place

Ivy Gardner, Matt Long and Tiffany Smith
Lincoln Memorial University, Duncan School of Law

^*Highest overall brief score in the competition.

Judges

Final Round Judges

The Honorable Sarah Parker
Chief Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court

The Honorable Robert H. Edmunds, Jr.
Associate Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court

The Honorable Paul M. Newby
Associate Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court

The Honorable Rhoda Billings
Chief Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court (ret.)

The Honorable James G. Exum, Jr.
Chief Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court (ret.)

The Honorable Henry E. Frye
Chief Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court (ret.)

Semifinal Round Judges

The Honorable Robert N. Hunter, Jr.
Associate Judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals

The Honorable Donna Stroud
Associate Judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals

The Honorable Samuel J. Ervin, Jr.
Associate Judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals

The Honorable L. Patrick Auld
Magistrate Judge, United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

The Honorable Ralph A. Walker
Associate Judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals (ret.)

The Honorable James L. Gale
Special Superior Court Judge for Complex Business Cases, North Carolina Business Court

Preliminary, Octofinal and Quarterfinal Round Judges

Mr. Frank Albetta
Ms. Carole Albright
Hon. Stanley Allen
Mr. Bert Andia
Mr. Jeffrey Andrews
Mr. Larry Archie
Mr. Adam Arthur ’10
Ms. Tiffany Atkins ’11
Ms. Emma Baggett
Mr. James Bass
Mr. Jon Berkelhammer
Mr. Keith Black
Ms. Jennifer Bowden ’09
Mr. Edward Branscomb ’09
Hon. Susan Bray
Mr. Justin Brown
Mr. Lance Burke
Mr. Jason Burton ’11
Mr. Nick Carr
Mr. William Cary
Ms. Barbara Cini ’11
Mr. Jim Clark
Mr. Andrew Clifford
Ms. Melanie Crenshaw ’09
Prof. David Crowe
Mr. Mark Cummings
Prof. Don Dancer
Mr. Jeffrey Davis
Ms. Camilla DeBoard ’10
Dean Catherine Dunham
Nikki Feliciano ’11
Tamaya Franks ’11
Prof. Steve Friedland
Hon. James Gale
Prof. Sonya Garza
Mr. Scott Gayle
Prof. Ashley Hairston
Mr. Fred Hamlet
Ms. Anne Harris
Ms. Jennifer Harrod
Prof. Eloise Hassell
Hon. Robinson Hassell
Mr. Craig Hensel
Prof. Peter Hoffman
Ms. Tabatha Holliday
Ms. Heather Jahnes
Mr. Samuel Johnson
Mr. Ted Johnson ‘09
Prof. Margaret Kantlehner
Mr. Robert King
Hon. Tom Lambeth
Mr. Phillip Long
Mr. Travis Martin
Dean Alexis Martinez-Fedrizzi
Mr. Matthew Mason
Ms. Janet McAuley-Blue
Dean Kate McLeod
Mr. Philip Mohr
Mr. Parker Moore ’11
Prof. Betty Morgan
Ms. Barbara Morgenstern
Ms. Jennifer Noble
Prof. Tom Noble
Mr. Benjamin Norman
Mr. Neil Oakley ’09
Prof. Robert Parrish
Mr. William Patterson
Mr. Charles Rawlings
Mr. Jeremy Ray ’11
Mr. Gavin Reardon
Ms. Stephanie Reese
Prof. Michael Rich
Mr. Amiel Rossabi
Ms. Karen McKeithen Schaede
Mr. Ed Sharp
Ms. Harriet Smalls
Dean Chris Smith
Mr. Jason Sparrow
Mr. Nathan Standley ’11
Ms. Joyce Terres
Ms. Alison Tomberlin
Hon. Joseph Turner
Hon. Ralph Walker
Mr. Will Warihay ’10
Mr. Richard Webb ’10
Ms. Dixie Wells

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