Advocacy Leadership

Program Leadership

Professor Katie Powers headshot

Katie Powers, Assistant Dean of Advocacy

Headshot of Jeff Bloom

Jeff Bloom, Director of Advocacy

COMPETITION COACHES

Mock Trial

  • The Hon. John C. Carbo (Ret.)
    Clayton County State Court
  • Leah McEwen
    Asst. US Attorney at the Department of Justice
    Deputy Criminal Chief for the Middle District of Georgia
  • Bonnie Smith
    Asst. District Attorney (former)
    Clayton County District Attorney’s Office
  • Reid Weinstein
    Principal (Plaintiff’s Lawyer)
    Law Offices of Reid M. Weinstein, LLC
  • Meghan Pittman
    Associate Attorney (Civil Litigation)
    Hall, Booth & Smith
  • Julia Shankus
    Attorney
    Law Office of Kevin Bradley
  • Isiah Chavis
    Associate Attorney
    The Champion Firm

 

  • Varad R. Dabke
    Associate Attorney (Civil Litigation)
    Hall, Booth & Smith
  • Macey Williams
    Asst. District Attorney for Cherokee County
  • Lauren James
    Law Clerk
    United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  • Rebekah Hardin
    Asst. Public Defender Bibb County
  • Hailey Morton
    Staff Attorney
    Bibb County Superior Court
  • John Flowers
    Mercer Law Class of 2023
  • Akash Patel
    Associate Attorney
    Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers

Moot Court

  • The Hon. Rachel R. Krause
    Superior Court for Fulton County
    Atlanta Judicial Circuit
  • The Hon. Brenda Youmans
    Associate Judge and Magistrate
    Civil and Magistrate Court of Macon-Bibb County
  • Hannah Couch
    Assistant United States Attorney
    Department of Justice
  • Annemarie Wall
    Partner
    Marcoux & Wall LLC

 

  • Travis Lynes
    Law Clerk
    U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
  • Sarah White
    Law Clerk
    U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
  • Elliza Guta
    Law Clerk
    U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
  • Will Dasher
    Assistant District Attorney
    Augusta Judicial Circuit

Alternative Dispute Resolution

  • Bert Hummel
    Attorney
    Williams Elleby
  • Kevin Bradley
    Attorney
    Law Offices of Kevin Bradley

 

  • Zandra Hall
    Corporate Counsel
    Americold
  • Brett Norvig
    Attorney
    Morgan & Morgan
  • Kimberly Jergensen
    Mercer Law Class of 2023