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The University of Richmond School of Law’s Trial Advocacy Board (“TAB”) recently hosted the second annual MKB Trial Advocacy Competition.  By way of background, TAB is a student-run organization made up of 20 to 30 students, from all grade levels at the Law School, interested in honing their trial skills for local, regional and national mock trial competitions.  Teams are chosen from the members of TAB to represent the school in regional and national inter-scholastic trial competitions.  Selection to TAB also is based on a trial competition, which, for the second time, has been sponsored by Moran Kiker Brown. 

Members of MKB joined other attorneys and legal professionals throughout the Richmond area to judge teams of first and second year law students presenting a capital murder trial.  Many of MKB’s attorneys participated in the early rounds of the competition, and the firm’s named shareholders helped judge the semi-final round.  Ken Moran also assisted The Honorable John Rockecharlie from the General District Court of Chesterfield in presiding over the final round.  While both trial teams distinguished themselves in the finals competition, David McGill and Erica Giovanni, representing the state, narrowly defeated the defense team of Mary Hallerman and Jaime Wisegarver.

MKB salutes all the participants for their dedication, effort and skilled presentation, and looks forward to working with TAB in future competitions.