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
Joseph C. Crawford
Chair
Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller
Philadelphia, PA
Thomas J. Heiden
Vice Chair
Latham & Watkins LLP
Chicago, IL
David F. Abernethy
Member
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Philadelphia, PA
John C. Barron
Member
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick
Toledo, OH
Pamela A. Bresnahan
Member
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Washington, DC
Richard C. Burch
Member
Mudd, Harrison & Burch, L.L.P.
Towson, MD
Caroline Goldner Cinquanto
Member
The Law Firm of Caroline Goldner Cinquanto
Philadelphia, PA
Barry Coburn
Member
Coburn & Greenbaum, PLLC
Washington, DC
Harriet E. Cooperman
Member
Saul Ewing LLP
Baltimore, MD
David D. Ernst
Member
Pansing Hogan Ernst & Bachman LLP
Omaha, NE
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 Royce Smith Griffin LLP
Toronto, ON
James R. Hubbard
Member
Law Offices of James R. Hubbard, PLLC
Chapel Hill, NC
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
Lorna S. McClusky
Member
Massey McClusky McClusky & Fuchs
Memphis, TN
Kevin L. Ross
Member
Lerners LLP
London, ON
Susan K. Sapp
Member
Cline, Williams, Wright, Johnson & Oldfather, L.L.P.
Lincoln, NE
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
Shea Sisk Wellford
Member
Martin, Tate, Morrow, & Marston, P.C.
Memphis, TN
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
Joe R. Caldwell, Jr.
Regent
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Washington, DC