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FALL 2018/ SPRING 2019 ADVOCACY UPDATES
Dispute Resolution
Stetson University College of
Law’s Dispute Resolution Board
won the William & Mary Law
School Negotiation Tournament
for the third year in a row. Stetson
Law students George Hiller and
Valeria Villaverde won the competition
on Nov. 4, 2018, and
Villaverde was also named Best
Overall Advocate.
The Stetson University College of
Law Dispute Resolution Board
team of Jenna Jordan and
Haviland Kebler competed and
Kebler won the National
Mediator Competition at the
University of Houston Law
Center in Houston, Texas, on
Oct. 13, 2018.
Stetson University College of Law’s
Willem C. Vis International
Commercial Arbitration team won
the Richard DeWitt Memorial Vis
Pre-Moot for the second year in a
row in Miami on Feb. 23. The
pre-moot prepares students for the
international Vis competition in
Vienna, Austria, on April 12-18.
The Stetson Law team of Omar
Amin, Alexander Busvek, Matt
Ceriale, Ryan Dwyer, Kyle
McCabe, and Clare McQueen won
first place overall, Ceriale was
awarded best overall oralist, and
Busvek was named third best
oralist in the competition.
The Stetson University College of
Law team of Grace Kobitter and
Alex Spadaro won the regional
Client Counseling Competition
on Feb. 9 at the John Marshall
School of Law in Chicago. The
team advances to the national
Client Counseling Competition
at Baylor Law in March.
Moot Court
The Stetson team of Madison
Wahler, Deanna Cipriano and
James Nealon won the Leroy R.
Hassell National Constitutional
Law Moot Court Competition at
Regent University School of Law
in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on
Oct. 6, 2018. Nealon also won
the fourth best oralist award in
the preliminary round.
Trial Team
Stetson University College of Law
won the regional American
Association of Justice trial competition
in West Palm Beach,
Florida, on March 1. The winning
Stetson Law team of Dana Baker,
Mary Katherine Bleckley,
JJ Meyer and Ariana Seiler
advances to the national AAJ
competition in Philadelphia on
April 11-14. A second team of
Stetson students advanced to the
semi-finals.
The Stetson University College of
Law team of John Kimbrough,
Sara Papantonio and Madeline
Pendley won the regional rounds
of the National Trial Competition
in Tallahassee, Florida, on Feb. 3,
and head to the national finals in
San Antonio, Texas, on March
27-31. Stetson Law has won the
National Trial Competition five
times.
The Stetson University College of
Law team of Elise Engle, LaMark
McGreen, Grace Samarkos and
Megan Tiralosi won the Chester
Bedell Mock Trial Competition
on Jan. 23-25 in Tampa, Florida.
This year, Stetson won the competition
for the 23rd time in 37
years. A Stetson team won the
inaugural Chester Bedell competition
in 1983.
(L-R): Elise Engle, Grace
Samarkos, LaMark McGreen,
Megan Tiralosi, and coach
Lara Breslow.
L-R: Tony Castro, Kaile Bennett,
George Hiller, Valeria
Villaverde, Grace Kobitter,
Hannah Yoder.
(L-R): Jenna Jordan, Haviland
Kebler, and Professor Erika
McArdle.
(L-R): Deanna Cipriano, James
Nealon, and Madison Wahler.
Photo courtesy Professor
Brooke Bowman.
(L-R): Omar Amin, Professor
Stephanie Vaughan, Alex
Busvek, Matt Ceriale, Ryan
Dwyer, Professor Erika
McArdle, Clare McQueen, and
Kyle McCabe.
(L-R): (Back row) Forest Sutton,
Megan McGinn, JJ Meyer, Sam
Powers (front row) Dana
Baker, Ariana Seiler, Kelli
Motes, Mary Katherine
Bleckley, and alumna Kaitlyn
Dugas.
(L-R): Sara Papantonio, John
Kimbrough and Madeline
Pendley.
(L-R): Alex Spadaro and Grace
Kobitter.