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.
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Karen S. Townsend
Chair
Richard M. Zielinski
Vice Chair
Goulston & Storrs, P.C.
Boston, MA
Gloria A. Bedwell
Member
U.S. Attorney's Office
Mobile, AL
John T. Cook
Member
Campbell County Circuit Court
Rustburg, VA
James D. Curphey
Member
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
Columbus, OH
Luke L. Dauchot
Member
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Los Angeles, CA
Charles C. Eblen
Member
Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
Kansas City, MO
Sally J. Ferguson
Member
Minneapolis, MN
William H. Ford
Member
Ford Murray PLLC
San Antonio, TX
Gerald J. Gleeson II
Member
Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C.
Troy, MI
C. Scott Greene
Member
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
Atlanta, GA
Melinda Haag
Member
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
San Francisco, CA
Angela Halim
Member
Law Office of Angela Halim
Philadelphia, PA
Celeste Siblesz Higgins
Member
Bozorgi Law, PLLC
Coral Gables, FL
Marvin W. (Marty) Jones
Member
Sprouse Shrader Smith PLLC
Amarillo, TX
Douglas E. Kingsbery
Member
Tharrington Smith, LLP
Raleigh, NC
James A. Mangione
Member
Superior Court of California, San Diego
Sharon L. McCarthy
Member
Kostelanetz LLP
New York, NY
Maria C. McCarthy
Member
McCarthy & Valentini LLC
Oak Brook, IL
Ronald H. McLean
Member
Serkland Law Firm
Fargo, ND
Laura A. Menninger
Member
Haddon, Morgan & Foreman, P.C.
Denver, CO
Peter W. Mosseau
Member
Devine Millimet & Branch
Manchester, NH
John W. Phillips
Member
Phillips Parker Orberson & Arnett PLC
Louisville, KY
Renee E. Rothauge
Member
Perkins Coie LLP
Portland, OR
George T. Shipley
Member
Shipley Snell Montgomery LLP
Houston, TX
Laura E. Udall
Member
Laura E. Udall PLLC
Tucson, AZ
Richard M. Strassberg
Regent
Goodwin Procter LLP
New York, NY