AMERICAN MOCK TRIAL ASSOCIATION
33rd NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT
FINAL ROUND TABULATION SUMMARY
Sunday, April 23, 2017
Loyola Law School | Los Angeles, California
FINAL ROUND JUDGES
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The Hon. Lee Smalley Edmon (Presiding)
o Presiding Justice, California Court of Appeals
The Hon. Beverly Reid O’Connell
o U.S. District Court Judge, Central District of California
The Hon. Kevin C. Brazile
o Assistant Presiding Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court
Mr. Joel W. Collins, Jr.
o Partner, Collins & Lacy, P.C., Former President of ABOTA and the ABOTA Foundation
Mr. Christopher A. Darden
o Criminal Defense and Civil Litigation Attorney, Former LA Deputy District Attorney
Mr. Thomas V. Girardi
o Partner, Girardi | Keese
Mr. Luiz J. Rodriguez
o Division Chief, Los Angeles Public Defender’s Office
FINAL ROUND PARTICIPANTS
School:
Championship:
1171 UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ()
1232 YALE UNIVERSITY ()
Corey J. Wlodarczyk Division, 9-2-1
Harvey Wallace Division, 9-3
WILMINGTON, 7-1
LANCASTER, 5-2-1
ORCS:
Regionals:
Attorneys:
Witnesses:
RICHMOND, 8-0
NEW HAVEN, 8-0
SABRINA GRANDHI (Open)
MICHAEL BYRNES (Open)
CASEY SCHMIDT
ANDY PARKER
ALEXANDRIA PIACENTI (Close)
ELIZABETH BAYS (Close)
DEANZA COOK – ALEX TAYLOR
SARAH COHEN – MAC GARCIA
FRANK PIACENTI – JORDAN ROSENTHAL
ALLISON DU – JESSE PARKS
DENIZ TUNCELI – DEVIN HARRIS
ADAM CHASE – IZZY ANDERSON
Coin Flip: UVA called Tails, Flip was Heads – Yale selected Defense
FINAL ROUND RESULTS
Brazile
110  – 112 
Yale
+2
Collins
134  – 126 
Virginia
+8
Darden
Edmon
Girardi
114  – 107  126  – 122  120  – 116 
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
+7
+4
+4
O’Connell
130  – 124 
Virginia
+6
THE 33rd AMERICAN MOCK TRIAL ASSOCIATION NATIONAL CHAMPION
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
Rodriguez
130  – 129 
Virginia
+1