National Trial Competition Committee

MANDATE: To assist the Texas Young Lawyers Association in the organization and administration of the National Trial Competition, including the recruitment of accredited law schools to participate; the recruitment of Fellows to participate as judges at the variouso regional competitions; participation as jurors at the national and regional finals of the Competition; and to promote the credibility of the Competition as the premier event and to promote the Competition as a quality educational experience for law students interested in trial advocacy. 

Committee Members

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Richard M. Zielinski

Chair

Goulston & Storrs, P.C.

Boston, MA

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Sally J. Ferguson

Vice Chair

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Debbie S. Champion

Member

Rynearson, Suess, Schnurbusch & Champion

Saint Louis, MO

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Nathan E. Clark

Member

Rhodes, Hieronymus, Jones, Tucker & Gable

Tulsa, OK

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John T. Cook

Member

Campbell County Circuit Court

Rustburg, VA

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James D. Curphey

Member

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP

Columbus, OH

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Luke L. Dauchot

Member

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Los Angeles, CA

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Kendall Dunson

Member

Beasley Allen

Montgomery, AL

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William H. Ford

Member

Ford Murray PLLC

San Antonio, TX

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Gerald J. Gleeson II

Member

Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C.

Troy, MI

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C. Scott Greene

Member

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

Atlanta, GA

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Melinda Haag

Member

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

San Francisco, CA

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Celeste Siblesz Higgins

Member

Bozorgi Law, PLLC

Coral Gables, FL

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Marvin W. (Marty) Jones

Member

Sprouse Shrader Smith PLLC

Amarillo, TX

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Douglas E. Kingsbery

Member

Tharrington Smith, LLP

Raleigh, NC

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Richard S. Krumholz

Member

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

Dallas, TX

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Angela Levy

Member

Federal Community Defender Office, Eastern District of PA

Philadelphia, PA

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Sharon L. McCarthy

Member

Kostelanetz LLP

New York, NY

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Maria C. McCarthy

Member

McCarthy & Valentini LLC

Oak Brook, IL

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Ronald H. McLean

Member

Serkland Law Firm

Fargo, ND

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Laura A. Menninger

Member

Haddon, Morgan & Foreman, P.C.

Denver, CO

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Peter W. Mosseau

Member

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John W. Phillips

Member

Phillips Parker Orberson & Arnett PLC

Louisville, KY

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Renee E. Rothauge

Member

Perkins Coie LLP

Portland, OR

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Tim Semelroth

Member

RSH Legal

Cedar Rapids, IA

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George T. Shipley

Member

Shipley Snell Montgomery LLP

Houston, TX

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Laura E. Udall

Member

Laura E. Udall PLLC

Tucson, AZ

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Richard M. Strassberg

Regent

Goodwin Procter LLP

New York, NY