2007-08 Moot Court Board
Top Row (L to R) Amy Matthews, Amanda Asbury, Jenna Jerden, Jeremy Buchanan, Lynne Hammer, Sarah
MacGill, and Tonya Vachirasomboon. Seated (L to R) Jackie Haydock, Ashleigh Resetarits, and Allison Murphy.
Ashleigh Resetarits, Chief Justice.
Ashleigh was born and raised in New York and attended Syracuse
University for her
undergraduate degree. She completed her coursework in Communication
& Rhetorical Studies and in Spanish in 2003. Following college, she
moved to Lawrence, Kansas, where she pursued a masters degree in
Legal Communication while teaching four semesters of Public Speaking
at the University of Kansas. As a law student, Ashleigh competed in
the Final Round of the Barrister Tournament in 2006 at the Indiana
Supreme Court. In the spring of 2007, Ashleigh participated as an
advocate in Chicago for one of the school's interscholastic teams in
the Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition. She and her teammates
were awarded Best Oral Advocates, and came in 2nd Place in the
region. Now, a 3L day-student at Indiana University- Indianapolis,
Ashleigh is actively involved in Phi Delta Phi - serving on their
Executive Board as Clerk for the second year in a row. She also
works for the Marion County Prosecutor's Office in the Major Felony
Division.
Jackie Haydock, Assistant Chief
Justice.
Jackie graduated from Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne with a
bachelor's degree in Public Affairs. While at IPFW, Jackie was a
student senator and coached softball for a local Fort Wayne high
school. Jackie recently competed in Washington, D.C. as a member of
the American Bar Association National Appellate Advocacy Competition
team. Now in her third year of law school, she is an Associate
Editor for the Indiana Law Review and a member of Phi Alpha Delta.
Jackie was a summer associate at Baker & Daniels LLP in 2006 and
2007 and expects to graduate in May of 2008.
Allison Murphy, Associate Justice -
Scheduling & Scorekeeping.
Allison grew up in Carmel, Indiana and earned her undergraduate
degree from Indiana
University in 2004. Before enrolling at Indiana University School of
Law - Indianapolis, Allison served as a staff member for U.S.
Congressman Chris Chocola as his Legislative Correspondent and
Systems Administrator in his Washington, D.C. office. She interned
in Washington, D.C. for U.S. Senator Richard Lugar and the U.S.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Allison has also interned for
the Indiana Republican State Committee and the Marion County
Prosecutor's Office in the Juvenile Division. In 2007, Allison
worked as a summer associate at DeFur Voran, LLP and volunteers with
the Marion County GOP in her spare time.
Tonya Vachirasomboon, Associate Justice -
Information Technology.
Tonya graduated from Indiana University in 2005 with a major in
Finance-Real Estate and a minor in Dance. Now in her third year of
law school, she is Co-Coordinating Chair of the school's Street Law
Program, a LARC tutor for Dean's Tutorial Society, and a member of
Equal Justice Works. Tonya was a summer associate at Bingham McHale
in 2007 and expects to graduate in May of 2008.
Amanda Asbury, Associate Night Justice.
Amanda graduated from Colorado College in 2003 with a major in
Philosophy. A Hoosier, Amanda returned to Indiana and is now in her
third year of law school. She is an active member of Phi Delta Phi
and has served on the Dean's Tutorial Society as a Civil Procedure
Tutor. Currently, she is the Executive Managing Editor of the
Indiana Law Review. Her article, discussing the constitutionality of
funeral protest ban legislation is scheduled to be published in
early 2008. In the summer of 2007, Amanda worked for Baker & Daniels
as a summer associate. She is expected to graduate in May 2008.
Jeremy Buchanan, Associate Night Justice.
Jeremy graduated from Indiana University in 2004 with a major in
Political Science, certificate in Business, and a minor in History.
Before attending law school, he worked full-time for Pedcor Bancorp,
located in Carmel, Indiana, for one year. Jeremy continues to be a
full-time employee of Pedcor and is in his third year in the night
program and with a focus in Real Estate Development and
Telecommunication Regulations. Jeremy won the Best Oral Advocate
award for the initial rounds of the 2006 Honorable Robert H. Staton
Intramural Moot Court Competition.
Lynne Hammer, Associate Night Justice.
A California native, Lynne spent most of her life in Indiana and has
also resided in Florida, North Carolina, Texas and Germany. She
returned to Indiana in 1990 after a twelve-year absence to live near
family. She volunteered as an intake worker for Legal Services Program
of Northern Indiana, Inc. and made her decision to finish college and
attend law school while working as a billing clerk for the law firm of
Roemer & Mintz, LLP of South Bend before they joined Barnes &
Thornburg, LLP. Lynne graduated with Highest Distinction from Indiana
University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) School of Public and
Environmental Affairs (SPEA) with a Bachelor of Science Degree in
Criminal Justice. She was elected Treasurer of the first student
council of SPEA and contributed to creating a SPEA honor code. After
graduating from IUPUI, Lynne worked from December 2004 to April 2005
as session legal assistant to majority legal counsel for the State of
Indiana House of Representatives. While a law student, Lynne has been
working as a research assistant for Professor Mary Mitchell and has
been doing pro bono work for Professor Fran Hardy and The Innocence
Project.
Jenna Jerden, Associate Night Justice.
A Bloomington, Indiana, native, Jenna graduated from the school of
communications at the University of Tennessee in 2004 with a degree in
Electronic Media and a minor in History. While at Tennessee, she
participated in many roles with her sorority, Delta Zeta, and was a
member of the Panhellenic Council, Omicron Delta Kappa, and Order of
Omega. Since starting law school, she has served as a law extern at
the NCAA in the summer of 2006 and as the compliance intern for the
IUPUI Department of Athletics in the summer of 2007. She was a member
of the championship team for the fall 2006 Barrister Tournament and is
currently employed as a part-time coordinator of Membership Services
at the NCAA. In her free time, she enjoys attending other people's
weddings, traveling to small, southern Indiana towns, spending time at
the lake, entertaining friends and chasing after her Lab puppy,
Banner.
Sarah MacGill, Associate Night Justice.
Sarah is originally from Indianapolis and graduated from IU
Bloomington in 2005 with a B.S. in Marketing and International
Business and a minor in Spanish. While in college, Sarah was very
involved in Kappa Alpha Theta and enjoyed studying abroad in Valencia,
Spain. Sarah has interned in both the Marketing and Legal Departments
of the Dow Chemical Company and clerked at Riley Bennett & Egloff, LLP
the summer of 2007. During the Fall of 2007, she is an intern for The
Honorable Judge Robb.
Amy Matthews, Associate Night Justice.
After graduating summa cum laude from the Indiana
University-Bloomington School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Amy
began her career in hospitality management, serving as the hotel
manager of Signature Inns in Indianapolis and Carmel before coming to
the State of Indiana as a Labor Relations Specialist for the State
Personnel Department in 2001. While a Labor Relations Specialist and
later as the Dispute Resolution Director for the Department, she
represented State managers as lead advocate in various proceedings
including negotiations, mediations, and arbitrations, and regularly
advised other State advocates, managers, and employees on matters of
policy and procedure. Amy joined the staff of the Indiana Education
Employment Relations Board in October 2006. As Director of Research,
she has overseen the transition of IEERB information into an
electronic document management system and continues to strive for
improvement of IEERB's research function. Amy entered the Indiana
University School of Law-Indianapolis as an evening student in fall
2004 while continuing her work in labor relations. As a member of the
law school community, she has served as an Associate Justice for the
Moot Court Board, a tutor for the Dean's Tutorial Society, and a
mentor for the Reach for Youth Teen Court. She is currently in the
top 10% of her class and is expecting to complete her J.D. in spring
2008.
