 To a large extent the quality of the National Finals experience for students and teachers is based upon the expertise and demeanor of the judges. Seventy-two judges will participate in the competition on Saturday and Sunday and eighteen judges will participate on Monday. Please review the resouces on this webpage. In addition, a packet will be available for you with more information at the National Finals information desk in the lobby of the Mason Inn on Friday evening and in the judges' orientation room on Saturday and Sunday.  Judges' Resources
27th Annual We the People National Finals Judges Barry Anderson Associate Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court, Saint Paul, MN Michael Anderson Vice President of Academic Affairs, Wayne State College, Wayne, NE Frederick S. Ansell Counsel, US Senate Judiciary Committee, Chevy Chase, MD Louis Baer* EHS Regulatory Consultant, Enhesa, Bethesda, MD John Balentine Manager, Excellence in Civic Engagement Program, Arizona Department Of Education, Phoenix, AZ David W. Baranow Attorney at Law, Anchorage, AK Joseph Biron Educator, Bakersfield, CA James Burke Justice, Wyoming Supreme Court, Cheyenne, WY Rita Byrnes Kittle Trial Attorney, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Denver, CO Kelly Carmichael Booz Director of Partnerships, Share My Lesson; Alexandria School Board Member, Alexandria, VA Talesha L. Caynon Associate, Bernstein Shur, P.A., Nashua, NH Henry L. Chambers, Jr. Professor of Law, University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VA Augustus G. Chin Municipal Judge, City of Holladay, Holladay, UT Carl J. Dermady Jr. Social Studies Consultant, Jefferson Parish Public Schools (Ret.), Westwego, LA Lindsey Draper Wisconsin Department of Justice, Wauwatosa, WI Chuck Dunlap Executive Director, Indiana Bar Foundation, Indianapolis, IN Madeline E. Dunn Curator of Education, Historian, National Register Coordinator – Department of State, Dover, DE Lisa Eschleman Executive Director, Ohio Center for Law-Related Education, Columbus, OH Daniel R. Foley Judge, Intermediate Court of Appeals, Honolulu, HI Donald M. Fulkerson Attorney and Counselor, Westland, MI Michael Galgano Professor of History, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA Jamie Gass Director, Center for School Reform, Pioneer Institute, Boston, MA Caryn M. Glawe* Partner, Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, Indianapolis, IN Benjamin Glickman* Deputy Attorney General, California Department of Justice, Sacramento, CA Jeffrey P. Hallem Assistant Attorney General, Office of Attorney General, State of South Dakota, Pierre, SD Stewart Harris Public Radio Host, Your Weekly Constitutional, Grundy, VA Melissa Hart* Professor & Director, Byron White Center for Constitutional Law, University of Colorado Law School, Boulder, CO Charles Hinderliter* Manager, Advocacy Outreach, St. Louis Regional Chamber, Saint Louis, MO Jeffrey Houser* Attorney, Crabbe Brown & James, Columbus, OH David L. Hudson, Jr. Attorney, Nashville, TN Ron Keefover Education-Information Officer, Kansas Supreme Court, Office of Judicial Administration (Ret.), Topeka, KS Rives Kistler Judge, Oregon Supreme Court, Salem, OR Karl Kurtz National Conference of State Legislatures, Denver, CO Reed Lee* Attorney, Chicago, IL Susan M. Leeson Senior Judge, Portland, OR Roger Lempke Director of Military & Veterans Affairs, Senator Deb Fischer, Lincoln, NE Andrew D. Levy Attorney, Brown,Goldstein,and Levy LLP, Baltimore, MD Kurt A. Mabis* Honors Clerk, U.S. Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals, Alexandria, VA Thomas C. Mackey Professor of History and Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY Elizabeth C. Matto Assistant Research Professor, Eagleton Institute, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Tandy McConnell Professor of History, Columbia College, Columbia, SC Reta McKannan Attorney at Law, Huntsville, AL Cisco McSorley New Mexico State Senator, Albuquerque, NM Mariam Memarsadeghi* Co-Founder & Co-Director, E-Collaborative for Civic Education, Bethesda, MD Mike Miles Jefferson County Treasurer, Huntsville, AL Cheryl Miller Hertog Foundation, Washington, DC David Moe Attorney, David L. Moe & Associates P.S., Maple Valley, WA Timothy D. Moore Deputy Director, Center for the Study of the American Constitution, Madison, WI James B. Morgan Attorney at Law; Chair, North Carolina Bar Association’s Law-Related Education Committee, Wilmington, NC Kristen Morrow Legal Counsel, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Jefferson City, MO Robert D. Oster, Esq. Attorney, Providence, RI Edith Pacillo Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Idaho, Boise, ID Adam F. Packer* General Counsel, GTECH, Indianapolis, IN Thom Parisi* Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC Jerry W. Perry (Ret.) Professor of Government, San Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX Marc Picker Deputy Alternate Public Defender, Washoe County, Reno, NV Patrick Queenan* Assistant Attorney General, New Hampshire Department of Justice, Nashua, NH James Rice Legislative Assistant, Office of Senator Charles E. Grassley, Washington, DC Jeannette Robertson Attorney at Law, Robertson Law Firm, Little Rock, AR Donald W. Rogers Adjunct Lecturer in History, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT Robert A. Schadler Senior Fellow, American Foreign Policy Council, Washington, DC Mike Schessler Partner, Bowles Rice LLP, Charleston, WV Bill P. Schwartz Attorney, Ranck & Schwartz, Jackson, WY Rachel Scott* Division Administrator, Iowa College Student Aid Commission, Des Moines, IA Julie Silverbrook Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources Project, Washington, DC Amy Sings In The Timber Executive Director, Montana Justice Foundation, Missoula, MT John Sponski Treasurer, Board of Directors, The Montpelier Foundation, Locust Dale, VA Grey Squires-Binford Attorney, Killgore, Pearlman, Stamp, Ornstein & Squires, P.A., Orlando, FL Candida Steel Judge, U.S. Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, Washington, DC Joseph Stewart, Jr. Professor of Political Science, Clemson University, Clemson, SC Thomas R. Tinder Executive Director, West Virginia Bar Foundation, Charleston, WV Rosemary Traub Attorney, New Mexico Legal Aid, Albuquerque, NM Grant Ullrich* Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of Chicago Department of Law, Chicago, IL Thomas Vontz Professor of Education, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS Louis Warren Professor of Education, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC Michael Winkelman Attorney, McCarthy & Winkelman, LLP, Lanham, MD Devin Wiser* Legislative Advisor, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC Patricia H. Wong Superior Court Commissioner (Ret.), Sacramento, CA *Denotes We the People alumni |
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