Congratulations to the University of Akron trial teams! The teams reached the final round in each of their spring competitions. The advocates and competitions are listed below.
- Amanda Bunner, Marissa Pappas, and Nick McGroarty placed second at the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County (ATLAC, formerly Gourley) Mock Trial Competition in Pittsburgh, PA. In the first round, the team competed against advocates from William and Mary Law School. After scoring the highest amount of points of all of the teams advocating on behalf of the plaintiff, Bunner and Pappas competed against the team from Duquesne Law School in the final round. The ATLAC tournament is a unique competition, which focuses on a personal injury suit and provides doctors and medical professional as expert witnesses. The team was coached by John Rubis (’08) and Caryn Peterson (’07).
- Tim Cunning and Daniel Leister placed second at the National Tournament of Champions (NTC) Regional Championship in Louisville, Kentucky. Their team lost a split decision to the eventual winner, Chase College of Law. Congratulations should also be extended to the team of JJ Hammerle and Beatriz Trejo who advanced to the semifinal round of the competition. Thirty teams competed in the NTC regional competition. The team was coached by Brian Dodez (‘09) and John Conley (‘08).
- Daniel Bray, Kevin Kita, Matthew Mohr and Greg Thompson placed second at the American Association of Justice Competition in Pittsburgh, PA. Their team lost a close decision in the final round to a team from Duquesne Law School. The team of Jared Zuercher, Ann Marie Sutter, Carol Tran and Kelsey DiFrancesco lost in the semifinal round to Duquesne, the winner of the competition. The team was coached by Larry Sutter (‘89) and Ryan Melewski (‘09).