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High School Mock Trial Coordinators

Last update: March 28, 2008.

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International: South Korea

Email addresses are provided for official non-commercial use. Organizations outside the membership of the NHSMTC are requested to please respect these addresses and not use them for solicitation purposes.


Alabama
Samuel T. Adams
Executive Director
YMCA
850 S. Lawrence Street
Montgomery AL 36104
334-269-4362
email: sam@ymcamontgomery.org

Alaska
Michael White
State Mock Trial Director
Patton Boggs, LLP
601 West 5th Avenue
Suite 700
Anchorage AK 99501
907-263-6300
email: mwhite@pattonboggs.com

Arizona
Susan Nusall
State Coordinator
Arizona Foundation for Legal
Services and Education
111 W. Monroe St., Suite 1800
Phoenix AZ 85003-1742
602-340-7361
email: susan.nusall@azflse.org
web: http://www.azflse.org/mocktrial/

Arkansas
Rando Hicks
Mock Trial State Coordinator
Arkansas Bar Association
400 W. Markham
Little Rock AR 72201
501-375-4606
email: rhicks@arkbar.com

California
Laura Wesley
Director of Law Programs
Constitutional Rights Foundation
601 S. Kingsley Dr.
Los Angeles CA 90005
213-316-2128
email: laura@crf-usa.org
web: www.crf-usa.org

Colorado
Carolyn Gravit
Director, Public Legal Education
Colorado Bar Association
1900 Grant St., Suite 950
Denver CO 80203-4336
303-824-5323
email: cgravit@cobar.org (updated 7/06)

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Karen Klaver
CNMI Bar Assoc.
P.O. Box 501898
Saipan MP 96950
670-235-4529
email: klaverk@pss.cnmi.mp (updated 6/06)

Connecticut
James Schmidt
Consortium for Law & Citizenship Education
30 Trinity St.
Hartford CT 06145
860-509-6184
email: cclce@mindspring.com

Delaware
Pat Quann
Executive Director
Delaware LRE Center, Inc.
301 N Market Street
Wilmington DE 19801
302-778-0643
email: delrecntr@aol.com

District of Columbia
Mock Trial Coordinator
Bar Association of District of Columbia
1225 19th Street NW, Ste. 800
Washington DC 20006-3690
202-223-6600

Florida
Ben Kanoski
Program Coordinator
Florida LRE Association, Inc.
2874 Remington Green Cir., Ste. A
Tallahassee FL 32308
850-386-8223
email: bkanoski@flrea.org

Georgia
Stacy Rieke
State Mock Trial Coordinator
Young Lawyers Division - State Bar of Georgia
104 Marietta St NW, Suite 100
Atlanta GA 30303-2934
404-527-8779
email: stacyr@gabar.org
web: www.georgiamocktrial.org

Guam   (updated 3/08)
Josephine "Poping" Cruz Cepeda
Administrative Services Officer
2007-2008 State Mock Trial Coordinator
Office of the Ethics Prosecutor
Guam Bar Association Executive Director
Guam Judicial Center, Second Floor
120 West O'Brien Drive
Hagatna, Guam 96910-5174
671-475-3167 or 671-475-3396
email: jcepeda@guamsupremecourt.com

Hawaii (updated 10/07)
Elizabeth Zack
Hawaii Friends for Civic and Law Related Education
417 S. King St., Room 102
Honolulu HI 96813
808-539-4494
email: Elizabeth.M.Zack@courts.state.hi.us

Idaho   (updated 2/07)
Carey Shoufler
Law-Related Education Coordinator
Idaho Law Foundation
525 W. Jefferson
Boise ID 83702
208-334-4500
email: cshoufler@isb.idaho.gov

Illinois
Donna Schechter
LRE Coordinator
Illinois State Bar Association
424 S. 2nd St.
Springfield IL 62701
217-525-1760
email: dschecht@isba.org

Indiana
Susan Roberts
President
Indiana High School Mock Trial
c/o Stuart & Branigin
300 Main St., Ste 800
Lafayette IN 47901
765-423-1561
email: skr@stuartlaw.com
web: http://www.inmocktrial.org

Iowa
John Wheeler
Director
Iowa Center for Law & Civic Education
521 East Locust St - 3rd Floor
Des Moines IA 50309-1939
515-243-3179
email: jwheeler@iowabar.org
web: www.iowabar.org/Mocktrial

Kansas
Meg Wickham
Public Services Director
Kansas Bar Association
1200 SW Harrison
P.O. Box 1037
Topeka, KS 66601-1037
785-234-5696
email: mwickham@ksbar.org (updated 8/06)
web: www.ksbar.org

Kentucky
Billy Stover
Education Specialist
Division of Law Related Education
100 Millcreek Park
Frankfort KY 40601-9230
502-573-2350 ext. 2200
email: billys@kycourts.net (updated 6/06)

Louisiana
Michelle F. Plauch
445 North Blvd. Ste. 701
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
225-376-0279
email: mimi.plauche@phelps.com (updated 10/07)

Maine
Julia Finn
89 Prospect Street
Portland, ME 04103
207-874-0326
email: jfinn1@maine.rr.com

Maryland
Shelly Brown Wojciechowski
Maryland Bar Center
520 W. Fayette St.
Baltimore MD 21201
410-706-5362
email: sbw@clrep.org

Massachusetts
Elizabeth O'Neil
Director of Public Services
Massachusetts Bar Association
20 West St.
Boston MA 02111-1218
617-338-0560
email:oneil@massbar.org

Seth Boyd - (added 7/07)
Community Services Administrator
Massachusetts Bar Association
617-338-0565
email:sboyd@massbar.org

Michigan
Jim Troost
Center for Civic Education through Law
2111 Pontiac Lake Road
Waterford MI 48328
248-209-2349
email: Jim.Troost@oakland.k12.mi.us

Minnesota
Emily R. Reilly
Mock Trial Manager
Minnesota State Bar Association
600 Nicollet Mall, Ste. 380
Minneapolis MN 55402
612-278-6306
email: ereilly@mnbar.org
web: www2.mnbar.org/mocktrial (updated 5/07)

Mississippi   (updated 11/07)
Rene Garner
Program Coordinator
Mississippi Bar Association
643 N State St
Jackson MS 39202
601-355-9226
email: rgarner@msbar.org  

Missouri
Ted Eckelkamp
LRE Coordinator, BAMSL
720 Olive St., Ste 2900
St. Louis, MO 63101
314-421-4134
teckelkamp@bamsl.org

Montana
Sue Suiter
LRE Coordinator
2061 Faye Circle
Billings MT 59102

Nebraska
Doris Huffman
Executive Director
Nebraska State Bar Foundation
PO Box 95103
Lincoln NE 68509-5103
402-475-1042
email: doris@nebarfnd.org

Nevada   (updated 10/07)
Marcia Ellis
State Bar of Nevada
600 E. Charleston Blvd.
Las Vegas NV 89104
702-317-1408
702-382-2200 ext. 408
email: marciae@nvbar.org

New Hampshire   (updated 3/08)
Robin E. Knippers
Law Related Education Coordinator
New Hampshire Bar Association
2 Pillsbury Street Suite 300
Concord NH 03301-3502
603-224-6942 ext. 3239
email: reknippers@nhbar.org

New Mexico
Michelle Giger
President & CEO
Center for Civic Values
PO Box 2184
Albuquerque NM 87103-2184
505-764-9417
email: michelle@civicvalues.org
web: www.civicvalues.org

New York
Rebecca Varno
Manager - Law, Youth & Citizenship Program
New York State Bar Association
One Elk St.
Albany NY 12207
518-486-1748
email: rvarno@nysba.org (updated 7/06)
web: www.lycny.org

Ohio
Addie Natalie   (updated 1/07)
Program Director
Ohio Center for Law-Related Education
1700 Lake Shore Dr.
Columbus OH 43204
614-485-3507
email: anatalie@oclre.org   (updated 1/07)

Oklahoma
Judy Spencer
Mock Trial Coordinator
Oklahoma Bar Association
3812 Spyglass Rd.
Oklahoma City OK 73120
405-755-1066
405-755-1466 (fax)
email: MTJudy02@aol.com

Oregon
Marilyn Cover
Executive Director
Classroom Law Project
620 SW Main, Suite 102
Portland OR 97205
503-224-4424
email: marilyncover@classroomlaw.org

Pennsylvania
Maria M. Engles
YLD Coordinator
100 South Street
Harrisburg, PA 17108-0186
1-800-932-0311, ext. 2223
717-238-6715, ext. 2223
Fax: 717-238-7182
email: Maria.Engles@pabar.org (updated 6/06)

William J. Higgins, Jr.
State Chair
Law Office of William J. Higgins, Jr.
141 S. Juliana Street, Rear Annex
Bedford PA 15522
814-624-0878
email: HigginsLaw@earthlink.net

Rhode Island   (updated 8/07)
Linda M. Quattrucci
Interim Executive Director
Jennifer Conrad
Interim Program Coordinator
Rhode Island Legal/Educational Partnership
255 Westminster St., 6th Floor
Providence RI 02903
401-222-6831
Fax: 401-222-6839
email: RIMockTrial@gmail.com (updated 8/07)

South Carolina
Cynthia H. Cothran
LRE Director
South Carolina Bar LRE Division
PO Box 608
Columbia SC 29202-0608
950 Taylor Street
Columbia SC 29201
803-252-5139 Ext. 165
email: cynthia.cothran@scbar.org
web: www.scbar.org\lre

South Dakota
Robert Wood
LRE State Coordinator
Univ. of South Dakota
Delzell Education Center
414 E. Clark
Vermillion SD 57069
605-677-5832
email: woodr@usd.edu

Tennessee
Stacey Shrader
YLD Director
Tennessee Bar Association
221 4th Ave N, #400
Nashville TN 37219
615-383-7421
email: sshrader@tnbar.org
web: www.tba.org/mocktrial

Texas (updated 11/07)
Amy Smith
LRE Project/Mock Trial Coordinator
Dallas Bar Association
2101 Ross Avenue
Dallas TX 75201
214-220-7484
email: asmith@dallasbar.org

U.S. Virgin Islands
Amy Patterson
Executive Director
Virgin Islands Bar Association
PO Box 4108
Christiansted St Croix USV 00822
809-778-7497

Utah
Janet Hilliard
Administrative Assistant
Utah LRE Project
645 S. 200 East #100
Salt Lake City UT 84111
801-322-1802
email: lre@icw.com

Vermont
Mock Trial Coordinator
Vermont Bar Assocation
PO Box 100
Montpelier VT 05601

Virginia
Nathan Green
Assistant Commonwealth Attorney
Williamsburg / James City County
5201 Monticello Ave.
Williamsburg VA 23185
757-565-2344
email: ngreen@wjcc-ca.hrcoxmail.com

Washington
Sarah Clinton
Program Coordinator
360-534-0155
email: youthandgovpdir@qwest.net
Janelle D. Nesbit
Executive Director
360-357-3475
email: youthandgovexec@qwest.net
YMCA Youth & Government
PO Box 193
Olympia WA 98507
web: www.youthandgovernment.org

West Virginia
Thomas Tinder
Executive Director
West Virginia State Bar
2006 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston WV 25311
304-588-7993
email: tindert@wvbar.org

Wisconsin
Dee Runaas
LRE Coordinator
State Bar of Wisconsin
5302 Eastpark Blvd.
Madison WI 53718-2101
608-250-6191
email: drunaas@wisbar.org
web: www.legalexplorer.com

Wyoming
Ian Shaw
PO Box 467
Cheyenne WY 82003-0467
email: ishaw@state.wy.us (updated 9/07)

Marguerite Herman
515 E. 18th St.
Cheyenne, WY 82001
307-638-1468
307-630-8095
email: margherman@bresnan.net (updated 9/07)

South Korea
Dan Meadors
Haemaru Law Firm
Kimyoung Building
1694-10 Seocho-dong,
Seocho-ku.
Seoul Korea 137-833
82-10-7373-7231 (cell)
82-2-536-5437(alternate)
email: haoule5@aol.com
Note: The "82" is country code; from the USA you must dial "011" before the "82".

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