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.
Richard M. Zielinski
Chair
Goulston & Storrs, P.C.
Boston, MA
Sally J. Ferguson
Vice Chair
Debbie S. Champion
Member
Rynearson, Suess, Schnurbusch & Champion
Saint Louis, MO
Nathan E. Clark
Member
Rhodes, Hieronymus, Jones, Tucker & Gable
Tulsa, OK
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
Kendall Dunson
Member
Beasley Allen
Montgomery, AL
Charles C. Eblen
Member
Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
Kansas City, MO
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
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
John W. Phillips
Member
Phillips Parker Orberson & Arnett PLC
Louisville, KY
Renee E. Rothauge
Member
Perkins Coie LLP
Portland, OR
Tim Semelroth
Member
RSH Legal
Cedar Rapids, IA
George T. Shipley
Member
Shipley Snell Montgomery LLP
Houston, TX
Laura E. Udall
Member
Laura E. Udall PLLC
Tucson, AZ
Karen S. Townsend
Immediate Past Chair
Richard M. Strassberg
Regent
Goodwin Procter LLP
New York, NY