 Thank you for participating in the 25th Anniversary We the People National Finals! Dear Judges and Volunteers: Your dedication to the We the People program will ensure a quality experience for the students and teachers participating in the national finals. A packet will be available for you with more information at the National Finals information desk in the lobby of the George Mason University Hotel on Friday evening and in the judges' orientation room on Saturday and Sunday. 
Robert S. Leming, Director Judges' Resources Whether this is your first time judging at the national finals or you have participated in the past, please review the resources listed below. To a large extent the quality of the competition is based upon the expertise and demeanor of the judges. The We the People program allows for variations in implementation at the congressional district and state levels to suit local needs. Procedures may differ slightly in congressional district, regional, and state competitions from those followed at the national finals. Seventy-two judges will participate in the competition on Saturday and Sunday. Eighteen judges will participate on Monday.
25th Anniversary We the People National Finals Judges *Denotes We the People alumni David Adler Professor of Political Science, McClure Center for Public Policy Research, University of Idaho Barry Anderson Associate Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court Michael Anderson Dean, School of Education, New Mexico Highlands University Frederick Ansell Counsel, United States Senate Judiciary Committee, Washington, DC Jose Arocho Assistant Corporate Counsel, New York City Law Department Matt Astleford* Staff Assistant, Office of United States Senator Tim Johnson, South Dakota Louis Baer* Intern, United States Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works, Washington, DC Jean Baron Judge, District Court of Maryland Douglas Beckstead Historian, United States Air Force, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska James Belcher Attorney, Belcher & Boomgaarden LLP, Cheyenne, Wyoming Robyn Blumner Columnist & Editorial Writer, Tampa Bay Times, Florida Henry Chambers, Jr. Professor of Law, University of Richmond School of Law, Virginia A. Scott Chinn Attorney, Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, Indianapolis, Indiana Jeffrey Cox* Attorney, Seaton and Husk LP, Vienna, Virginia Robert Cupp Justice, Supreme Court of Ohio Lynn Davis State Court Judge, 4th District Court, Utah Carl Dermady, Jr. K-12 Social Studies Consultant, Jefferson Parish Public Schools, Louisiana Dustin Dodgin* Partner, Klein DeNatale Goldner, Bakersfield, California Lindsey Draper Attorney, Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance Charles Dunlap Executive Director, Indiana Bar Foundation Madeline Dunn Curator of Education - Historian, State of Delaware: Division of Historical & Cultural Affairs Thomas Ellington Municipal Court Judge, Milton, Washington Randal Ernst Social Studies Specialist, Lincoln Public Schools, Nebraska David Ezhaya President, Mock Trial of Maine Anitere Flores* State Senator, Florida State Senate Karmen Fore Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of United States Congressman Peter Defazio, Oregon Donald Fulkerson Attorney/President, Board of Directors, Michigan Center for Civic Education Chris Garrett State Representative, Oregon House of Representatives Jamie Gass Director, Center for School Reform-Pioneer Institute Boston, Massachusetts Benjamin Glickman* Attorney, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Palo Alto, California Julia Guenther* Policy Analyst, United States Food & Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland Richard Hardy Professor of Political Science, Western Illinois University Melissa Hart Associate Professor & Director, Byron White Center for Constitutional Law, University of Colorado at Boulder Shawn Healy Resident Scholar and Director of Professional Development, McCormick Foundation, Chicago, Illinois Marcia Holland Attorney, Missoula, Montana David Hudson, Jr. Scholar, First Amendment Center, Nashville, Tennessee John Kaminski Director, Center for the Study of the American Constitution, Madison, Wisconsin Ron Keefover Education/Information Officer, Office of Judicial Administration, Topeka, Kansas Dennis Kernahan Board Member, Montpelier Foundation, Virginia Susan Leeson Justice (retired), Oregon Supreme Court Jim Leslie Attorney, Chief Public Defender, Washoe County Public Defender's Office, Reno, Nevada A. Thomas Levin Past President, New York State Bar Association; Meyer Suozzi English & Klein Andrew Levy Attorney, Brown, Goldstein & Levy LLP, Baltimore, Maryland Thomas Mackey Professor of History, University of Louisville, Kentucky Tim Martinez Professor of Political Science, Black Hills State University, Spearfish, South Dakota Tandy McConnell Professor of History, Columbia College, South Carolina Matthew McGuire Partner, Alston + Bird LLP, Durham, North Carolina Cisco McSorley State Senator, New Mexico Mike Miles CEO/Political Consultant, Government/Business Interests (GBI), Mountain Brook, Alabam Timothy Moore Deputy Director, Center for the Study of the American Constitution, Madison, Wisconsin Frank Nidey Managing Partner, Nidey Wenzel Erdahl Tindal & Fisher, PLC, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Robert Oster, Esq. Adjunct Professor of Constitutional Law & Business Law; Adjunct Professor in Business Ethics, Bryant University/Johnson & Wales University, Rhode Island Diana Owen Associate Professor of Political Science & Department Chair, American Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, DC Bruce Perrone Attorney, Legal Aid of West Virginia Jerry Perry Professor of Government (retired), San Angelo State University, Texas James Rice Legislative Assistant, Office of the Honorable Charles E. Grassley, Washington, DC Jeannette Robertson, Esq. Attorney at Law, Robertson Law Firm, Jonesboro, Arkansas J. Mark Robinson Managing Attorney, Indiana Legal Services, Inc. Donald Rogers Assistant Professor/Department of History, Central Connecticut State University Jason Ross Vice President of Education Programs, The Bill of Rights Foundation, Arlington, Virginia Robert Schadler Senior Fellow, American Foreign Policy Council, Washington, DC Rachel Scott* Public Policy Consultant, Des Moines, Iowa Neil Siegel* Associate Professor of Law & Political Science, Duke University, North Carolina Kathleen Smith Social Science Chair, Professor, and Director, Fox Rothschild Center for Law & Society, Community College of Philadelphia J. Timothy Smith Attorney, J. Timothy Smith, PC, Birmingham, Alabama G. Murray Snow Judge, United States District Court of Arizona Sander Sowers Attorney, Lear Werts LLP, Columbia, Missouri Brian Stark* Attorney, Bauer, Gravel, Farnham, Nuovo, Parker & Lang, Burlington, Vermont Candida Steel Judge, United States Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, Washington, DC Joseph Stewart, Jr. Professor of Political Science, Clemson University, South Carolina Daniel Taubman Judge, Colorado Court of Appeals Thomas Tinder Executive Director, West Virginia Bar Foundation Jennifer Turner* Public Information Officer, Nevada State Contractors Board Thomas Vontz Professor of Education, Kansas State University Cameron Walker Attorney, Schwartz, Bon, Walker & Studer, LLC, Casper, Wyoming Robert Walls Vice President for Development and Planning, Carmel Frontiers Endeavors Alliance, Indiana Patricia Wong Superior Court Commissioner (retired), Sacramento Superior Court, California Howard Zibel General Counsel, New Hampshire Supreme Court |
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