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
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
Richard C. Burch
Member
Mudd, Harrison & Burch, L.L.P.
Towson, MD
Caroline Goldner Cinquanto
Member
The Law Firm of Caroline Goldner Cinquanto
Bensalem, PA
Barry Coburn
Member
Coburn & Greenbaum, PLLC
Washington, DC
Jan Conlin
Member
Ciresi Conlin LLP
Minneapolis, MN
Harriet E. Cooperman
Member
Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP
Baltimore, MD
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
Jessica Kimmel
Member
Superior Court of Justice, Ontario
Toronto, ON
Robert J. Livermore
Member
U.S. Attorney's Office
Philadelphia, PA
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
Clarence L. Pozza, Jr.
Member
JAMS
Detroit, MI
James W. Quinn
Member
Berg & Androphy
New York, NY
Kevin L. Ross
Member
Lerners LLP
London, ON
Susan K. Sapp
Member
Cline, Williams, Wright, Johnson & Oldfather, L.L.P.
Lincoln, NE
Joseph Serino, Jr.
Member
Latham & Watkins LLP
New York, NY
George T. Shipley
Member
Shipley Snell Montgomery LLP
Houston, TX
Dennis R. Suplee
Member
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP
Philadelphia, PA
John L. Tate
Member
Stites & Harbison PLLC
Louisville, KY
Michael E. Upchurch
Member
Frazer, Greene, Upchurch & Baker, LLC
Mobile, AL
Sylvia H. Walbolt
Member
Carlton Fields, P.A.
Tampa, FL
Lonnie J. Williams, Jr.
Member
Stinson LLP
Phoenix, AZ
Michael G. Yoder
Member
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Newport Beach, CA
Charles J. Zauzig III
Member
Nichols Zauzig
Woodbridge, VA
Joseph C. Crawford
Immediate Past Chair
Crawford Advocacy
Berwyn, PA
Joe R. Caldwell, Jr.
Regent
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Washington, DC