37th Annual County Mock Trial Program

2014 Competition Winners

Senior Division

Champions Harvard-Westlake School

Runner-ups Palos Verdes Peninsula High School

Junior Division

Champions The Wesley School

Runner-ups Hollenbeck Middle School

The Helen Bernstein Outstanding Teacher Award Chris Lee, Palisades Charter High School

Senior Division

The Alan I. Rothenberg The Alan I. Rothenberg Outstanding Prosecution Pretrial Attorneys Outstanding Defense Pretrial Attorneys Dorian Lavabre, St. Bernard High School Sharon Zhang, Diamond Bar High School Nadia Rahman, Harvard-Westlake High School Noelle Johnson, Chaminade High School

Outstanding Prosecution Attorneys Outstanding Defense Attorneys Judy Durkin, Santa Monica High School Katherine Liu, PV Peninsula High School Alen Shirvanyan, Clark Magnet High School Mary Kate Smith, Chaminade High School

Outstanding Prosecution Witnesses Outstanding Defense Witnesses Role: Detective Reese Barron Role: Evan Shem Scott Tran, Rowland High School Vlad Naumov, Providence High School

Role: Bernie Worcester Role: Sidney Ogden Brandon Ng, Walnut High School Ariel Cohen, Shalhevet High School

Role: Charlie Gibbons Role: T. M. Little Maya Carter, St. Bernard High School Emily Guerra, Immaculate Heart High School

Role: Marty McCulloch Role: Jamie Sardegna Caycee Chapman, St. Bernard High School Jackie Mulcahy, Chaminade HS

Outstanding Clerk Outstanding Bailiff Khephra Lord, El Camino Real Charter High Rochelle Sun, Diamond Bar High School School Junior Division

Outstanding Prosecution Attorneys Outstanding Defense Attorneys Jared Ellis, Chaminade Middle School Konrad Verbaarschott, St. Anastasia Elementary Miguel Rodriguez, Hollenbeck Middle School Rohan Chugani, Carden Whittier Middle School

Outstanding Prosecution Witnesses Outstanding Defense Witnesses Role: Detective Reese Barron Role: Evan Shem Rita Badrosian, Armenian Sisters Academy Tiffany Neth, Monterey Highlands Middle School Role: Bernie Worcester Adriana Hebert, St. Anastasia Elementary Role: Sidney Ogden Brianna Rojas, Visitation Elementary Role: Charlie Gibbons Aidan Dorn-Wallenstein, Westside Neighborhood Role: T. M. Little School Kiana Jones, Hutchinson Middle School

Role: Marty McCulloch Role: Jamie Sardegna Elizabeth Hovakimyan, Armenian Sisters Academy Samantha Morales, Carden Whittier Middle School Outstanding Clerk Ryan Pedroza, KIPP Los Angeles College Outstanding Bailiff Preparatory Eric Pannell, Jefferson Middle School

Courtroom Artist Contest

Senior Division Junior Division

First Place First Place Mariel Lo Guercio, La Salle High School Kathy To, Frank Wright Middle School

Second Place Second Place Brenda Chen, Arcadia High School Annika Matulac, St. Mary Middle School

Third Place Third Place Natalie Lau, Arcadia High School Grace Requejo, St. Joseph Middle School

Courtroom Journalist Contest

Senior Division Junior Division

First Place First Place Beverly Deng, San Marino High School Andrew Hom, Monterey Highlands Middle School Second Place Emily Van Volkom, Palos Verdes Peninsula Second Place High School Brooke Bernard, St. Cornelius Middle School

Third Place Third Place Alex Dorion, Oakwood School HyunJin Iris Hwang, Immaculate Heart Middle School