Elon Law faculty and students volunteered their time Oct. 16-18, 2009, to serve as judges for the undergraduate Carolina Classic Mock Trial Invitational Tournament hosted by Elon Undergraduate Mock Trial as part of the American Mock Trial Association's Fall Invitational Tournament schedule.
This is the third year that Elon has hosted the Carolina Classic Mock Trial Tournament, with more than 250 undergraduate students from 16 universities to Elon’s main campus for the weekend. Students competed in four rounds of competition. The judging pool consisted of Elon Law Faculty and students along with local legal practitioners predominantly from the Piedmont Triad and Research Triangle areas.
“This event would simply not be possible without the support of so many local attorneys’,” said William Warihay, the tournament director and third-year Elon law student. “It is truly amazing to see so many people come together to support to the legal education of undergraduate students. The Elon tournament is just one of more than 50 tournaments that will occur across the country this year.”
Eric Ashley Hairston, director of the Pre-Law Program and the Center for Law and Humanities, said he is pleased with the growth and success of the undergraduate Mock Trial program.
“The competition was rigorous, and we had a number of new universities join our growing group of regular attendees,” he said. “Elon’s Mock Trial reputation has grown, and we have interest in our tournament from coast to coast now.
“I think the tournament gave us a great early look at our new recruits, and frankly, the new talent is impressive. And neither programs of undergraduate legal studies, nor mock trial teams, can be successful without the interest and support of the local bar associations and legal education community, and we are fortunate to have strong support from the area legal community as a whole.”
Tournament volunteers:
Attorneys:
Judge Marsh McLelland, Retired NC Superior Court Judge
Judge Bill Neely, Retired Chief District Court Judge
Judge Jim Roberson, Chief District Court Judge
Darren Allen, Wilhoit, Pugh & Allen, LLP
Bert Andia, Higgins, Benjamin, Eagles & Adams, PLLC
Adrienne Blocker, Robertson, Medlin & Blocker, PLLC
Jennifer Brobst, NC Central University School of Law
Taylor Browne, Office of the Public Defender, Greensboro
Gerry Chapman, Chapman Law Firm
Sarah Coble, Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson
Charlie Davis, Davis & Humbert, P.A.
Lisa Dawson, NC Department of Justice
Ray Deal, J. Ray Deal, PLLC
Pamela Duffy, Wishart, Norris, Henninger & Pittman, P.A.
Brian Freedman, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Elizabeth Hansen, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice
Cooper Harrell, Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP
Julie Wolf Hejazi, District Attorney’s Office – Rockingham County
Harriet Hopkins, Harriet S. Hopkins Attorney at Law
Sam Johnson, Johnson, Younce, Moore & Moseley, LLP
Philip Kinney, GKN Driveline
Bob Martin, Law Office of RH Martin
Susan Molony
Barbara Morgenstern, Barbara R. Morgenstern, PLLC
Bill Patterson, NC General Assembly Research Division
Patricia Perkins, Master Key Consulting and Elon University
James Roane, Roane Law
Sara Roane, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Stephen M. Russell, Sr., Bell, Davis & Pitt, P.A.
Desmond Sheridan, Issacson Issacson Sheridan & Fountain, LLP
Rebecca Streamo, TrustCounsel – Gregory Herman-Giddens
Elizabeth Taylor, General Counsel, TIMCO Aviation Services, Inc.
John Treadwell, LabCorp
Olga Vysotskaya de Brito, NC Department of Justice, Tort Claims Division
Matt Wall, Holt, Longest, Wall, Blaetz & Moseley, PLLC
Keith Whited, Whited Law Firm, PLLC
Elon Law Faculty
Professor Eric Fink
Professor Thomas Molony
Associate Dean Kathleen McLeod
Elon Undergrad Faculty
Eric Ashley Hairston, Director, Pre-Law Program
Michael Gilles, Visiting Assistant Professor
Lisa Keegan, Senior Assistant to the President
Elon Law Alumni
Melanie Crenshaw, L ’09, Morgentstern & Bonuomo, P.L.L.C.
Michelle Cybulski, L ’09, The Deuterman Law Group
Damon Duncan, L ’09, Duncan Law, PLLC
Melissa Duncan, L ’09, Duncan Law, PLLC
Andrea Harrell, L ’09, Burton & Sue, L.L.P.
Sean Olson, L ’09, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
John Paschal, L ’09, J. Ray Deal, PLLC
Elon Law Students
Lucas Beal, L ‘11
Andrew Bench, L ‘11
Barbara Cini, L ‘11
Rachael Dimont, ’07, L ‘10
Jeff Dodson, L ‘10
Joe Fulton, L ’12
Brendan Garcia, L ‘11
Matthew Groves, L ‘11
Catherine Hallman, L ‘11
Keith Helsabeck, L ‘11
Daniel Joyce, L ‘11
Justin Kay, L ‘11
Jeremy Maddox, L ‘11
Parker Moore, L ‘11
David Morrow, ’07, L ‘10
Michael Munro, L ‘11
Sarah Neely, L ‘10
Preston Nelson, L ‘10
Simon John O’Brien, L ‘12
Nathan Proctor, L ‘12
Jon Raymer, L ‘10
Megan Risen, L ‘11
Kelly Routh, L ‘11
Kate Stalker, L ‘11
Zachary Unger, L ‘11
Meghan Varner, L’12
Melissa Westmoreland, L’12
For more information on the Elon Mock Trial Tournament and Elon Mock Trial, visit their website at http://www.elon.edu/mocktrial.