MANDATE: To promote and encourage the teaching of trial and appellate advocacy and the participation of the College and its Fellows in the teaching process.
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On Friday, June 23, 2017 at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, the Utah Supreme Court case State v. Long was the basis for a program called "May It Please the Court: Effective Oral Appellate Advocacy." It was presented to public interest lawyers by Fellows of the College and the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. It was the first time these two organizations have collaborated.
Committee Members
Thomas J. Heiden
Chair
Jan Conlin
Vice Chair
Ciresi Conlin LLP
Minneapolis, MN
Anita M. Alvarez
Member
Maryville Academy
Des Plaines, IL
David L. Ayers
Member
Watkins & Eager PLLC
Jackson, MS
John C. Barron
Member
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick
Toledo, OH
Julianne P. Blanch
Member
Parsons Behle & Latimer
Salt Lake City, UT
Caroline Goldner Cinquanto
Member
The Law Firm of Caroline Goldner Cinquanto
Bensalem, PA
Anna Green Cross
Member
The Cross Firm, LLC
Decatur, GA
Gray T. Culbreath
Member
Gallivan White & Boyd, PA
Columbia, SC
David D. Ernst
Member
Pansing Hogan Ernst & Bachman LLP
Omaha, NE
Candace J. Fabri
Member
Cook County Juvenile Court
Chicago, IL
W. James Foland
Member
Foland, Wickens, Roper, Hofer & Crawford P.C.
Kansas City, MO
John P. Gilligan
Member
Ice Miller LLP
Columbus, OH
Peter Griffin
Member
Lenczner Slaght LLP
Toronto, ON
Gerald F. Ivey
Member
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.
Washington, DC
Phillip T. Jackson
Member
Roberts & Stevens, P.A.
Asheville, NC
Maurice G. Jenkins
Member
Jackson Lewis P.C.
Southfield, MI
Jessica Kimmel
Member
Superior Court of Justice, Ontario
Toronto, ON
Diane MacArthur
Member
U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern Dist. of Illinois
Chicago, IL
Alan Mark
Member
Goodmans LLP
Toronto, ON
Maria C. McCarthy
Member
McCarthy & Valentini LLC
Oak Brook, IL
Kathryn N. Nester
Member
Nester Lewis PLLC
Salt Lake City, UT
Clarence L. Pozza, Jr.
Member
JAMS
Detroit, MI
James W. Quinn
Member
Berg & Androphy
New York, NY
Joseph Serino, Jr.
Member
Latham & Watkins LLP
New York, NY
George T. Shipley
Member
Shipley Snell Montgomery LLP
Houston, TX
Brian D. Sieve
Member
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Chicago, IL
Junior Sirivar
Member
McCarthy Tetrault LLP
Toronto, ON
John L. Tate
Member
Stites & Harbison PLLC
Louisville, KY
Edward J. Walters, Jr.
Member
Walters, Papillion, Thomas, Cullens, LLC
Baton Rouge, LA
Lonnie J. Williams, Jr.
Member
Stinson LLP
Phoenix, AZ
Douglas R. Young
Member
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
San Francisco, CA
Joseph C. Crawford
Immediate Past Chair
Crawford Advocacy
Berwyn, PA
Gregory K. Wells
Regent
Shadoan, Michael & Wells, LLP
Rockville, MD