National Medical-Legal Trial Competition

Champion: William & Mary Law School

Finalist: Brooklyn Law School

Semi-Finalists:

• Chicago-Kent College of Law 
• Faulkner University’s Thomas Goode Jones School of Law

Best Opening Statement Preliminary Rounds: Stefhany Duarte, Chicago-Kent College of Law

Best Closing Statement Preliminary Rounds: Kayla Smith, Brooklyn Law School

Best Direct Examination Preliminary Rounds: Muhannad Al Nisheiwat, Brooklyn Law School

Best Cross Examination Preliminary Rounds: Michael Schostok, Chicago-Kent College of Law

Best Use of an Expert Witness Preliminary Rounds: Michael Schostok, Chicago-Kent College of Law

Best Expert Witness Preliminary Rounds, Awarded to a Medical Student: Vlad Fomin, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Champion: Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law

Finalist: Chicago-Kent College of Law

Semi-Finalists: 

• St. John’s University School of Law 
• William & Mary Law School

Best Expert Witness: Divya Shah, Zucker School of Medicine
Best Use of an Expert: Emin Drnovsek, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Outstanding Advocates in a Preliminary Round: 

• Eric Gilliand, William & Mary Law School
• William Healy, St. John’s School of Law 
• Justin Hill, Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law

Best Overall Advocate in a Preliminary Round: Myles Carroll, Chicago-Kent College of Law

Champion: Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law

Finalist: William & Mary Law School

Best Overall Advocate: Kelsey Myers, Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law

Best Overall Advocate in the Preliminary Rounds: Mila Kelly, William & Mary Law School

Outstanding Advocate in the Preliminary Rounds: 

• Savanna Page, Florida State 
• Johnny Payne, Georgia State
• Sammi Wyant, Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law

Best Use of an Expert Witness in the Preliminary Rounds: Jessica Gillespie, Texas A&M

Best Expert Witness in the Preliminary Rounds: Jeff Yang, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Champion: Georgia State University College of Law

Finalist: South Texas College of Law Houston

Best Overall Advocate, Competition: Will Barillas, Georgia State University College of Law

Best Overall Advocate Preliminary Rounds: Caroline Trabucco, American University Washington College of Law

Outstanding Advocate Preliminary Rounds:

• Dahlia Inabinett, American University Washington College of Law
• William Szilagyi, Fordham University School of Law
• Will Barillas, Georgia State University College of Law
• Billy Robinett, South Texas College of Law Houston

Best Expert Witness in Preliminary Rounds: Philippe Rameau, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Champion: University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Finalist: St. John's University School of Law

Semi-Finalists: 

• Georgia State University College of Law 
• Strum College of Law at the University of Denver

Best Overall Advocate Preliminary Rounds: Michelle Lim, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Outstanding Advocate Preliminary Rounds:

• Emma Duke, Mercer University School of Law
• Sally Hayden, Georgia State University College of Law
• Thomas Kiley, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
• Allie Magee, University of Illinois Chicago School of Law

Best Expert Witness in Preliminary Rounds: Joshua Chartock, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Champion: The University of Illinois College of Law Urbana-Champaign

Finalist: Chicago-Kent College of Law

Semi-Finalists:

• Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law
• Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University

Quarterfinalists:

• American University Washington College of Law
• McGeorge School of Law
• Mercer University School of Law
• University of South Carolina School of Law

Best Overall Advocate, Preliminary Rounds: Victor Chahin, Chicago-Kent College of Law

Outstanding Advocate Preliminary Rounds:

• Andrea Killebrew, University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law
• Anne Moruzzi, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
• Nina Grover, University of Illinois College of Law Urbana-Champaign
• Mackenzie Keane, University of South Carolina School of Law

Best Expert Witness in Preliminary Rounds: Michael Barton, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell