October 26, 2009

Elon Mock Trial Thanks Carolina Classic Volunteer Judges

On October 16-18, 2009, Elon Mock Trial hosted the 3rd Annual Carolina Classic Mock Trial Invitational Tournament.  The tournament brought over 250 undergraduate students from 16 universities to the campus of Elon University for the weekend.  In just three years, the Carolina Classic has become one of the premier early season tournaments in the country, hosting some of the toughest competition that any tournament offers.

This tournament would not have been possible were it not for the support of the Elon University School of Law and the local legal communities in North Carolina.  The four round tournament used over almost 100 volunteer judges throughout the weekend.  In addition to the Elon School of Law, judges hailed from the Alamance County Bar Association, Greensboro Bar Association, Durham Bar Association and many more.

This year's tournament was also a success due in no small part to the financial support of the Elon University School of Law Student Bar Association and the Elon University School of Law Admissions Office.  Both of these sources provided significant financial support to provide lunch to all students and judges on both days of the tournament.  On Sunday, lunch included a full sit-down buffet in McKinnon Hall which culminated with the presentation of the Individual and Top Team Awards.  The complete results of the tournament can be found by clicking the Invitational link at the top of this page.

Elon Mock Trial thanks the countless local legal practitioners for their continued support of undergraduate legal education.  Many local attorney's expressed their support for the tournament but had scheduling conflicts which prevented their direct involvement, we sincerely hope that those individuals will continue to support this tournament and the Elon Mock Trial program in the coming years.

The Elon Mock Trial team wishes to specifically thank the following individuals for volunteering their time as judges during the tournament:

Attorney's

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 University Faculty

Michael Gilles, Visiting Assistant Professor

Dr. Eric Ashley Hairston, Director, Pre-Law Program

Lisa Keegan, Senior Assistant to the President

Elon Law Alumni

Melanie Crenshaw, L’09, Barbara R. Morgenstern, PLLC

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

Authored by: William B. Warihay, Elon University School of Law 2010