SUPPORTERS W E THE P EOPLE: T HE C ITIZEN Indiana Bar Foundation thanks its partners in civic education: & THE C ONSTITUTION Indiana General Assembly Indiana High School State Finals Barnes & Thornburg LLP December 13 - 14, 2015 Bamberger Foreman Oswald & Hahn LLP Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Center for Civic Education Indiana Supreme Court Faegre Baker Daniels LLP Indiana State Bar Association The Winchester Foundation John W. Anderson Foundation Kenneth J. Allen Law Group Johnson and Bell PC Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP Hilbrich Cunningham Dobosz Vinovich & Sandoval LLP Kappa Kappa Kappa, Inc. Allen County Bar Foundation Evansville Bar Foundation Lake County Bar Association Blue & Co LLC Burke Costanza and Carberry LLP Crist Sears and Zic LLP Hinshaw and Culbertson LLP Hodges and Davis Newhouse and Newhouse Journal Gazette Foundation, Inc. Vincennes University … and many private individuals who have made donations to support civic education in Indiana. A project of the Center for Civic Education and the Indiana Bar Foundation. Established in 1987 STATE FINALS TROPHIES under the Commission on the Bicentennial of the The Jack Lyle Endowment funded the trophies for today’s competition. United States Constitution. This endowment reflects Mr. Lyle’s lifelong commitment to civic education and to the students of Indiana. The excellence of civic education in Indiana is a direct result of his efforts. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS ADMINISTRATION STATE FINALS STAFF & REGIONAL COORDINATORS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13* CHARLES DUNLAP 12:45-1:15 pm .................... Judges training - Grand Hall Alcove Executive Director, Indiana Bar Foundation Northwest Region SANDY BAKER LILY LAWSON 1:30-2:15 pm .................. OPENING CEREMONY - Grand Hall WILLIAM VARGO Keynote Address from FBI Special We the People State Coordinator, Indiana Bar Foundation Northeast Region Agent in Charge, W. Jay Abbott REBECCA REEDER THERESA BROWNING Director of Development & Communications, ANDY DOWNS 2:15-2:30 pm ...................... Break to hearing rooms Indiana Bar Foundation Central Region 2:30-5:30 pm ................. HEARINGS—ROUND ONE KAYLA DEVOY LILY LAWSON Communications & Special Events Coordinator, Indiana Bar Foundation DENNIS LEE MARILYN SMITH South Region Staff Attorney, Indiana Bar Foundation VICKIE PUFFER MONDAY, DECEMBER 14* TIFFANY BALL 8:00-9:00 am...................... Judges Breakfast - Grand Hall Alcove MICHAEL TRANOVICH Comptroller, Indiana Bar Foundation 9:00 am-12:00 pm .......... HEARINGS—ROUND TWO INDIANA BAR FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS 12:00-12:45 pm ................. Lunch Break Officers GEOFFREY SLAUGHTER, President 12:45-2:25 pm ................ IMMIGRATION CEREMONY - Grand Hall KENNETH J. ALLEN, President-Elect Speaker: Hon. Larry McKinney AMY NOE, Secretary Unit Awards and Top 5 Announced SCOTT BARNHART, Treasurer 2:00-2:30 pm ........... ...........Top 5 Judges Orientation - Grand Hall Alcove Directors ANDI METZEL JAMES BOHRER TODD MEYER 2:30-5:00 pm .................. HEARINGS—ROUND THREE SEAMUS BOYCE DREW NORTHERN HON. CALE BRADFORD TONY ROSE 5:00-5:30 pm ..................... Scoring Break CARYN GLAWE STEVE SANDERS HON. MARIA GRANGER WILLIAM SATTERLEE III 5:30-6:00 pm .................. CLOSING CEREMONY - Grand Hall DAVID GUERRETTAZ ANTHONY STITES Keynote Address from Indiana CARL HAYES MICHAEL TOLBERT Attorney General Greg Zoeller BRUCE JONES RICHARD THRAPP State Champion Announced DONALD LUNDBERG RUTH VANCE HON. MELISSA MAY MARK WUNDER *All times are subject to change as necessary. TESTIMONIALS SPEAKERS Katherine Ntiamoah, a We the People W. Jay Abbott alumna from Munster High School, is now Special Agent in Charge the deputy press attaché and assistant Federal Bureau of Investigation spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to the Mr. Abbott began his career as a special agent with the European Union in Brussels. FBI in 1987. In 1997, Mr. Abbott was assigned to the Counterterrorism Division at FBI Headquarters as a supervisory special agent, where he “Every time I go back to D.C., I still have worked on international terrorism issues. That experience led to his appointment in 2000 as an assistant legal attaché at the U.S. Embassy in the same feeling that I had more than 10 Paris, where he was responsible for liaising with French authorities years ago as a We the People Student.” regarding further international terrorism matters. In March 2012, Mr. Abbott was appointed chief of the Global Operations “I have never had a class that has simultaneously taken up all of Sections in the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division. He my time and brought me so much happiness. To work so hard and worked extensively to enhance the FBI’s ability to collect biometrics learn so much is great when we get to go and compete so thanks globally and share them with U.S. Intelligence partners. for giving us the chance!” Mr. Abbott earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from —Isaac, Hamilton Southeastern High School Pacific Lutheran University and a Judicial Doctorate at the University of Puget Sound School of Law. “Thanks for making [We the People] a big deal; it was beyond spe- cial to be able to compete at such a well-organized competition.” —Lauren, Hamilton Southeastern High School Hon. Larry J. McKinney District Court Judge Southern District of Indiana Use the hashtag #WTPIndiana on Twitter and Instagram Judge McKinney was appointed District Court when you post about the competition! Judge for the Southern District of Indiana in July 1987. For 8-1/2 years before that appointment, he served as Judge of the Johnson Circuit Court. Follow the Indiana Bar Foundation for updates throughout the competition and to stay involved with the program as a He was a member and partner in the law firm of Sargent & McKinney We the People alumni. from 1974 until his election to the Johnson Circuit Court bench. From 1971 to 1974, he was a member and partner in the law firm of Rodgers & McKinney. He previously served as a Deputy Attorney General and a law @INBarFoundation clerk to the Indiana Attorney General. Indiana Bar Foundation Judge McKinney graduated from MacMurray College in Jacksonville, IL, #WTPIndiana in 1966 and from the Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington in 1969. SPEAKERS PARTICIPANTS Greg Zoeller RANDALL T. SHEPARD ACADEMY—B & O Room Attorney General Evansville, Indiana • Jill Hahn, Instructor State of Indiana Charity Ahlfield Damon Garrett Heather James Brittany Atchley Rives Haire Joanna Sheriff Greg Zoeller was elected Indiana Attorney Mariyah Baker-Small Hayes Hartung Deon’te Starks General in 2008 and reelected in 2012. With a Will Beaven Blaize Hiatt Isaiah Winfield focus on consumer protection, Zoeller has Tessa Duncan Blake Huggins expanded the Do Not Call statute to include wireless telephones, increased protections for teachers in returning discipline to the NORTH SIDE HIGH SCHOOL (TEAM 6)—Wabash Room classroom, and fought for homeowners facing foreclosures. Fort Wayne, Indiana • Matthew Mertes, Instructor He had previously served as Assistant to the Vice President Dan Quayle in Jasmine Ascencio Erica Henson Tyra Perteete the White House from 1989-1991 and as a U.S. delegate to NATO in Keaton Braun Christopher Hill Mydgie Pierre-Louis Brussels, Belgium as the Vice President of the Indiana Council of World Zacheri Burns Kaleigh Irven Ethan Prescott Affairs in 1992. He led Airlift Indiana, a private relief mission, to Austin Denicolo Christopher Jacobs Jordan Rothgeb Bangladesh and another relief mission to Honduras following natural Mikaela Frye Amber King Mersades Saunders disasters. Jamie Gill Maddison Kraner Elijah Tash Alexis Grepke Benjamin Martin Karli VanCleave A New Albany native, Zoeller graduated from Indiana University School Luke Hansen Cassidy Merkle Tyson Whitner of Law, Bloomington, in 1982. Kathryn Harrup Marissa Nissley Ke’ondra Hawthorne Sebastian Oliveri NORTH SIDE HIGH SCHOOL (TEAM 7)—Illinois Street West Room Civic Education Works! Fort Wayne, Indiana • Matthew Mertes, Instructor In 2014-15, a study was done in Indiana on the effectiveness of the Nathalie Bone Saufina Kemp Nicole Sewell We the People program by Diana Owen of Georgetown University. Matthew Capps Parker McCard Logan Snyder Findings show that We the People alumni are much more likely to: Collyn Goodwin Ryan Ross Lakeisha Thieme vote in presidential and local elections Renee Kalogris Lyndsay Sewell Mallory Williams respect the rule of law and opposing political ideas follow and enjoy talking about government and politics NORTHROP HIGH SCHOOL—Victoria Station C Room take responsibility and work with others to better their community Fort Wayne, Indiana • Christine Binns, Instructor We the People State Finals and year-round programming are sponsored by Carissa Bloom Olivia Kump Bruce Stephens the Indiana Bar Foundation, a non-profit organization that seeks to Claire Cummins Jade Nevils Jeffrey Tran Jordan Dickinson Mackenzie Phillips David Urhausen educate tomorrow’s leaders and expand civil justice. Josh Espinosa Brandtly Schreiber Kyleigh Vibbert www.inbf.org Hannah Heckber Caroline Schultz Kendra Yarlan Madison Krause Michael Snyder PARTICIPANTS PARTICIPANTS MUNSTER HIGH SCHOOL—Victoria Station A Room EVANSVILLE NORTH HIGH SCHOOL—Nickle Plate Room Munster, Indiana • Michael Gordon, Instructor Evansville, Indiana • Greg Scheller, Instructor Vincent D’Angelo Jake Ingoglia Mary Katherine Pruzin Sterling Armstrong Audrey Ferguson Jacob Muller Madolyn Foley Qionte Johnson Gabrielle Ramirez Beau Ayres Hannah Fisher Corinne Racine