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State Coordinators

Below is a listing of the current membership of the NHSMTC.

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.

States noted with a * are not current members but their contact information is included to provide schools from those states contact information for their state's program.

United States

Alabama
Corey Calcote
Executive Director/Britton YMCA | YMCA of Greater Montgomery
(334) 229-0039
ccalcote@ymcamontgomery.org

Alaska*
Prof. Ryan Fortson
Justice Center | University of Alaska Anchorage
(907) 786-4886
hrfortson@uaa.alaska.edu

Arizona
John Armendt
State Coordinator | Arizona Foundation for Legal Services and Education
(602) 773-3446
john.armendt@azflse.org
www.lawforkids.org/mock-trial

Arkansas
Anthony McMullen
Arkansas Bar Association
(501) 375-4606
anthonylmcmullen@gmail.com
www.arkbar.com/armocktrial/home

California
Lourdes Morales
Senior Program Director | Teach Democracy
Formerly Constitutional Rights Foundation
(213) 316-2125
lourdes@teachdemocracy.org
www.teachdemocracy.org

Colorado
Ashley Staab
Manager, Public Legal Education | Colorado & Denver Bar Associations
(303) 824-5321
astaab@cobar.org
www.coloradohighschoolmocktrial.com

Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands
Judy Aldan
Clerk of Court, Supreme Court
(670) 788-4363
judy.aldan@nmijudiciary.gov 
nmimocktrial@gmail.com
www.justice.gov.mp

Connecticut
Jonathan Weiner
Board President | Civics First
(516) 901-9029
jweiner27@gmail.com
www.civicsfirstct.org

Delaware
Betsy Renzo
Executive Director | Delaware LRE Center, Inc.
(302) 778-0643
brenzo@delrec.org
delrec.org/lessons/delaware-mock-trial/

Florida
Annette Boyd Pitts
Director | Justice Teaching Center
(863) 680-4664
apitts@flsouthern.edu
Program Website

Georgia
Richard Harris
Director, High School Mock Trial |  State Bar of Georgia
(404) 527-8779
richardh@gabar.org
www.georgiamocktrial.org

Guam
Joleen Respicio
Program Coordinator | The Judiciary of Guam
(671) 475-3250
jrespicio@guamcourts.gov

Hawaii
Christopher St. Sure
Young Lawyers Division | Hawaii State Bar Association
(808) 547-5647
yldmocktrial@gmail.com
hsba.org/yld

Idaho
Carey Shoufler
Law Related Education Director | Idaho Law Foundation
(208) 334-4500
cshoufler@isb.idaho.gov
http://idahomocktrial.org

Illinois
Kim Furr  
Administrative Assistant/Illinois Lawyer Service Manager | Illinois State Bar Association
(217) 747-1418
Kfurr@isba.org
www.isba.org/teachers/mocktrial

Indiana
Tim Kalgreen
Indiana Bar Foundation | Director of Civic Education Programs
(317) 608-6503
tkalgreen@inbarfoundation.org
inbf.org/Educational-Programs/Mock-Trial

Iowa
John Wheeler
Director | Iowa Center for Law & Civic Education
(515) 697-7882
jwheeler@iowabar.org
www.iowabar.org/page/HSMockTrial

Kansas
Shande Chapman
Director of Finance, HR, and Public Services | Kansas Bar Foundation
(785) 861-8809
schapman@ksbar.org
www.ksbar.org/group/mocktrial

Kentucky
Will Mattingly
Vice President | Kentucky High School Mock Trial Association
kymocktrial@gmail.com
kymocktrial.com

Louisiana
Kelly Ponder
Director of Communications | Louisiana State Bar Association
(504) 619-0118
kelly.ponder@lsba.org
www.lsba.org/YLD/

Bob Noel
bobnoelaty@hotmail.com

Maine
Amanda Doherty
Maine High School Mock Trial Program
dohertyesq@aol.com

Maryland
Iyanna Williams
Program Coordinator | MYLaw: Maryland Youth and the Law
iyanna@mylaw.org
www.mylaw.org/my-mock-trial.html

Massachusetts
Elizabeth O'Neil
Director of Public Services | Massachusetts Bar Association
(617) 338-0560
boneil@massbar.org
mocktrial.massbar.org/

Michigan
Lydia Mitchell
Director of Programs and Outreach | Michigan Center for Civic Education
(517) 367-6422
lmitchell@miciviced.org
www.miciviced.org/mock-trial

Minnesota
Kim Basting
Director of Mock Trial Program | Minnesota State Bar Association
(612) 278-6306
kbasting@mnbar.org
www.mnbar.org/public-resources/mock-trial

Mississippi 
Chad Phillips
Programs and Outreach Director | The Mississippi Bar
(601) 948-3269
cphillips@msbar.org
www.msbar.org/programs-affiliates/high-school-mock-trial-competition.aspx

Missouri
Dan Barnett
Assistant Executive Director | The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
(314) 421-4134
dbarnett@bamsl.org
www.momocktrial.org

Montana
Anne Goldes
State Bar of Montana
(406) 442-7660
mocktrial@montanabar.org
www.montanabar.org/CLE-Events/Montana-High-School-Mock-Trial

Nebraska
Doris Huffman
Executive Director | Nebraska State Bar Foundation
(402) 475-1042
doris@nebarfnd.org
www.nebarfnd.org/civics-education/mock-trial

Nevada
Eric Johnson
CLE Director | State Bar of Nevada
(702) 317-1415
ericj@nvbar.org
www.nvbar.org/mocktrial

New Hampshire
Richard Vassar 
New Hampshire Mock Trial
richardv48@gmail.com
www.nhbar.org/law-related-education/mock-trial-resources.asp

New Jersey
Sheila Boro
Director of Mock Trial Programs | New Jersey State Bar Foundation
(732) 937-7519
sboro@njsbf.org
njsbf.org/school-based-programs/mock-trial/high-school-mock-trial-competition/

New Mexico
Kristen Leeds
Center for Civic Values | Program Director, Gene Franchini New Mexico High School Mock Trial Program
(505) 764-9417
kristen@civicvalues.org
www.civicvalues.org

New York*
Kimberly A. Francis
kfrancis@nysba.org
nysba.org/nys-mock-trial/

North Carolina
Malinda Davidson
Program Coordinator | North Carolina Mock Trial Program
(910) 876-5375
malinda@ncmocktrial.org
ncmocktrial.org

North Dakota
Carrie Molander
Director, CLE | State Bar Association of North Dakota
(919) 360-0848
carrie@sband.org
www.sband.org/page/HighSchoolMockTrial

Ohio
Jenna Lewis
Program Coordinator | Ohio Center for Law-Related Education
(614) 485-3515
jlewis@oclre.org
www.oclre.org/aws/OCLRE/pt/sp/mocktrial_highschool

Oklahoma

Judy Spencer
Mock Trial Coordinator | Oklahoma Bar Association
(405) 755-1066
MTJudy02@aol.com
www.okbar.org/public/mocktrial

Oregon
Christopher Parrucci
Senior Program Manager | Classroom Law Project
(503) 224-4424
cparrucci@classroomlaw.org
www.classroomlaw.org/homepage/mock-trial-competition/

Pennsylvania
Maria Engles
YLD Coordinator | State Bar of Pennsylvania
(800) 932-0311 ext. 2223
Maria.Engles@pabar.org
www.pabar.org/site/For-the-Public/Mock-Trial-Competition

Rhode Island
Jennifer Minuto
Rhode Island Legal Education Foundation
(401) 263-6171
jennifer@minutolaw.com
www.rilep.org

South Carolina
Donald Lanier
LRE Director | South Carolina Bar LRE Division
(803) 576-3788
dlanier@scbar.org
www.scbar.org/public/students-educators/high-school-mock-trial/

South Dakota*
Robert Wood
LRE State Coordinator
woodr@usd.edu

Tennessee
Laura Labenberg
Mock Trial Coordinator | Tennessee Bar Association
(615) 277-3217
llabenberg@tnbar.org 
www.tba.org/mocktrial

Texas
Melissa Perez
Law-Related Education Coordinator | Dallas Bar Association
(801) 322-1850
mperez@dallasbar.org
www.texashighschoolmocktrial.com

U.S. Virgin Islands*
Hinda Carbon
Executive Director | Virgin Islands Bar Association
hinda.carbon@vibar.org

Utah
Melissa Orton
Mock Trial Coordinator | Utah LRE Mock Trial Program
(801) 322-1850
mocktrialutah@gmail.com
www.lawrelatededucation.org/programs/mock-trials

Vermont*
Jennifer Emens-Butler
Director of Education and Communication | Vermont Bar Association
jeb@vtbar.org

Virginia
Kristin Walinski
Virginia Statewide Coordinator | Virginia Law-Related Education Institute
(804) 220-0770
info@govlre.org
govlre.org

Washington
Nolan Martin
Executive Director | YMCA Youth & Government
(360) 367-8738
nolanmartin@seattleymca.org
www.seattleymca.org/programs/youthprograms/youthandgovernment/mock-trial

Wisconsin
Kate Wilcox
Public Education Coordinator | State Bar of Wisconsin
(608) 250-6191
kwilcox@wisbar.org
www.wisbar.org/lre

Wyoming
Marguerite Herman
(307) 630-8095
wyomingmocktrial@gmail.com
www.wyomingmocktrial.com/
www.facebook.com/Wyoming-High-School-Mock-Trial-149381835093690/

International

South Korea
Daniel Meadors
Haemaru Law Firm, Kimyoung Building
1694-10 Seocho-dong
Seocho-ku.
Seoul, Korea 137-833
Tel: 82-2-536-5437
meadorslaw@gmail.com
http://www.koreamocktrial.com

 

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