2009-10 Moot Court Board
Front Row (L to R): Emily Lyons, Barbara Molargik-Fitch, Olivia M. Fleming, Trisha Shah, Annie Christoff
Milton Augustus Turner,Chief Justice
Milton Augustus Turner graduated from Kokomo High School in 2001, where he received a commendation from Governor Frank O'Bannon for volunteering nearly 2000 hours in a Kokomo Emergency Room, and pioneering a hospital internship program for Kokomo youth. He attended Wabash College while working as an Emergency Medical Technician and Surgical Assistant. He graduated in 2005 with his Bachelor of Arts in History. Shortly after Wabash, he enrolled in the Master of Arts program at IUPUI in bioethics.
Prior to his admission to law school, he was a legal assistant and messenger for the law firm of Mercer Belanger P.C . He is a fellow of the Indiana Conference for Legal Education Opportunity (ICLEO), and a graduate of their 2007 summer program at Notre Dame School of Law. He was a pro-bono legal assistant to the Marion County Bar Association, providing free legal aid services to indigent Hoosier families. He is a court-appointed Guardian ad-Litem for Kid's Voice of Indiana, and was recently nominated by the Indiana Black Expo for a 2009 Diversity Volunteer Award. He was a summer judicial clerk for Judge Patricia Riley of the Indiana Court of Appeals, and a Summer Associate at the law firm of Ice Miller, L.L.P.
He is formerly a member of the Dean's Student Advisory Board and Treasurer of the Black Law Student's Association ("BLSA"); currently serving on the BLSA Board as a Career Advisor. He was a competitor in the 2009 Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition, which won not only regional overall runner up (currently ranked 6th overall nationally), but also Best Oralist Team Award (currently ranked 5th best oralist team nationally). He is entering his third and final year of law school as the student-coach of the 2010 Saul Lefkowitz Team, and is expected to graduate in Spring of 2010.
Olivia M. Fleming, Assistant Chief Justice
Olivia, a Hoosier native,graduated from Indiana University - Bloomington with a degree in Telecommunications and a minor in business. After graduation, Olivia worked in Chicago and Indianapolis,focusing her career on media and advertising.She received her paralegal certificate in 2007 from IUPUI.
As a law student, Olivia won the 2008 Staton Moot Court Intramural competition with her partner, Jordan Stover. Olivia was also a competitor in the 2009 Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition, which won Best Oralist Team Award (currently ranked 5th best oralist team nationally) and placed second overall (currently ranked 6th overall nationally). In Spring 2010, Olivia will once again be an advocate for the Saul Lefkowitz competition and will serve as the coach for the new John J. Gibbons Criminal Procedure Moot Court Competition.
Olivia is also a member of the International and Comparative Law Review Board where she serves as the Executive Articles Editorial Specialist. In 2009, Olivia won the Henry B. Blackwell award for best student note. Olivia also is a 2009 Fellow for the Program on Law and State Government. In 2008, Olivia served as a law clerk for the Honorable Judge Don Daniel in Tippecanoe County. She also clerked for the Honorable Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson in Spring of 2009 and worked for the NCAA in its Major Enforcement division. In the summer of 2009, she worked at the Marion County Public Defender Agency and Continental Enterprises. Olivia is married to her wonderful husband Ian, who is a second year night student at IU- Indy Law.
Barbara Molargik-Fitch, Associate Justice for Scheduling
Barbara is currently a third year law student and excited about being only months away from graduating and practicing law as a licensed attorney, of which she has aspired to be since the age of 12.
In 2004, Barbara graduated as Valedictorian from Garrett High School. Upon graduating high school, she attended Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana where she majored in Political Science. While at IU, Barbara interned in Washington D.C. at the United States Attorney's Office. She also spent time working for Congressman Mike Sodrel and teaching taekwondo to students at a local martial arts school in Bloomington.
In 2007, Barbara carried out her dream of becoming an attorney by starting law school at Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis. While in law school, Barbara participated in the 2008 Robert H. Staton Intramural Moot Court Competition where she made the Order of the Barristers and received the Mitzi H. Martin Award given to the highest scoring oral advocate in the first four rounds of the competition. Barbara also competed on a national moot court team in Brooklyn, New York. In addition to participating in moot court, Barbara also is a member of the Indiana Health Law Review. Her note on the Healthy Indian Plan was recently selected for publication in 2010.
Going into her third year of law school Barbara is looking forward to helping with this year's Intramural Moot Court Competition in her position as Associate Justice for Scheduling.
Jordan Stover, Associate Justice of Scorekeeping and Technology
Jordan Stover was born and raised in Dearborn, MI. He moved to Gladwin, MI during his teen years and graduated from Gladwin High School in 2002. He immediately began attending Ferris State University seeking a degree in Computer Networks and Systems (CNS). Jordan was recognized as CNS Student of the Year in 2006 before graduating Magna Cum Laude with his Bachelor of Science in 2007. During the course of his undergraduate work Jordan realized his aspirations lied elsewhere, and decided to pursue law school upon graduation. He enrolled at Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis for the Fall 2007 term.
In law school, Jordan has excelled as a student and as part of the legal community. In his second year of law school, he won the Robert H. Staton Moot Court Competition with the help of his partner, Olivia Fleming. Jordan also received the Christopher M. Maine Advocacy Award for best oral advocate in the Barrister Round of competition and represented the law school at the 2009 Tulane Mardi Gras Invitational National Sports Law Tournament. Jordan is a Dean’s Tutorial Society Fellow for both criminal law and civil procedure and has been named to the Dean’s list. He has clerked for the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office, for the Honorable Judge Margret G. Robb of the Indiana Court of Appeals, and for Coots, Henke & Wheeler of Carmel, IN. He is also currently the research assistance for Professor Joel Schumm. In the summer of 2009, he was awarded the Cohen & Malad Scholarship. Jordan is expected to graduate in May of 2010 and would like to pursue a career in civil and criminal litigation and appellate practice.
Jordan would like to recognize his close friends and, most especially, his girlfriend Parvonay Darabi for their friendship and support without which law school would have been an impossible task.
Matthew Symons
Matthew grew up in Indianapolis and graduated cum laude from Wabash College in 2004 with a degree in political science. Following graduation Matthew worked extensively in politics and government. In 2004 Matthew was Campaign Manager for John Smith’s successful run for State Representative in Kokomo . After the election Matthew moved back to Indianapolis and served a Press Secretary for the Republican Caucuses in the House of Representatives during the 2005 legislative session.
In 2006 Matthew served as Campaign Manager for Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi’s successful re-election campaign. Following the campaign Matthew joined the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office as Director of Public Affairs. In this role Matthew was responsible for managing the media relations of the largest prosecutor’s office in the state.
While in law school Matthew has been an active member of the Dean’s Tutorial Society and will participate in the 2009 ABCNY Moot Court completion.
Emily Lyons, Associate Night Justice
Emily attended Saint Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, Indiana and graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor’s of Science in Criminal Justice. Emily is currently working at the Indiana Attorney General’s Office in the Home Owner Protection Unit; she has been working there since May of 2008. Emily is a member of Phi Alpha Delta. She participated in the Intramural Moot Court Competition and made Order of the Barristers. Emily hopes to do a National Moot Court Competition this coming spring.
Annie Christoff, Associate Night Justice
Annie Christoff grew up in Dayton, Ohio and attended Ohio State University for her undergraduate degree. At OSU, Annie earned a B.A. in English and a B.A. in Latin, and she served as President of the English Undergraduate Organization and Event Coordinator for Habitat for Humanity.
In law school, Annie worked as Professor Lloyd T. Wilson’s research assistant and commenced the JD/MBA dual degree program in her second year. She also joined the Indiana International & Comparative Law Review, where she received awards for Best Note and Best International Research. In her third year, she served as Executive Managing Editor of II&CLR. Annie was named a Barrister in IU-Indy’s Staton Moot Court Competition and was also the writer for IU-Indy’s team in the Jessup International Moot Court Competition. Annie worked at Tabbert Hahn Earnest & Weddle as Senior Law Clerk for a year, and upon leaving THEW, she took a Judicial Clerkship with the Hon. Judge Herbert L. Stern in the Denver District Court in Colorado. Annie will graduate from the dual degree program in December of 2009.
Trisha Shah, Associate Night Justice
Trisha was born and raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She graduated from Girls’ Preparatory School, where she received the Wellesley Book Award for Scholastic Excellence. Trisha was elected by her classmates to speak at her graduation in 2003.
She graduated from Mercer University in 2007 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and minors in Chemistry and Political Science. While at Mercer, Trisha worked as a lab assistant in the Chemistry Department, where she synthesized and characterized substituted boron clusters. Trisha was given the opportunity to present her findings at the American Chemical Society Convention in 2007 in Memphis, Tennessee and was published for her work.
Trisha will graduate with her J.D. in May 2010. Trisha spent her first summer of law school in Beijing, China as part of the IU—Indy’s travel abroad program. After returning from her summer abroad, she volunteered for the Obama campaign in Indianapolis. During her second summer of law school, Trisha worked as a summer clerk at Bamberger, Forman, Oswald, & Hahn, LLP in many different areas of law. After graduation, Trisha has accepted an associate position with BFOH.
Trisha formerly served on the SBA Executive Board as Secretary. This fall, she is participating as an advocate in the National Health Law Competition in Carbondale, Illinois. She is currently serving on the 2009 Moot Court Board.
Peter Tschanz, Associate Night Justice
Peter graduated from Loyola University Chicago with a bachelor's degree in Communications. Now in his last year of law school, Peter is Executive Articles Editor for the Indiana Law Review. Peter was a summer associate at Barnes & Thornburg in 2009 and expects to graduate in May 2010. Peter's student Note, "A Constitutional Right to Deceive?: The First Amendment Implications of Regulating Pay-Per-Click Advertising," is forthcoming in the Boston College Intellectual Property & Technology Law Forum.
In 2008, Peter won the Mitzi H. Martin Award given to the highest scoring oral advocate in the first four rounds of the competition.
Nick Cayetano, Associate Night Justice
Nicholas J. Cayetano graduated from Lawrence North High School in 2003. He attended Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, and was a recipient of the Deans Recognition Scholarship. He graduated in 2007 with a Bachelors of Arts in Political Science and Communications Studies.
Nicholas is a fellow of the Indiana Conference for Legal Education Opportunity (ICLEO), graduating from the 2007 summer program. He is a volunteer for the Protective Order Pro Bono Project, helping serve the needs of victims of domestic violence. He was a law clerk at the law firm of Cohen & Malad, LLP., and a summer judicial clerk to Judge Michael Barnes of the Indiana Court of Appeals.
Nicholas was a competitor-advocate in the 2009 American Bar Association National Moot Court Competition, and will serve as the student-coach for the 2010 ABA team. His team progressed to the final round of the 2009 regional competition. Nicholas currently serves as the Vice President of the Black Law Student Association. He is beginning his third year of law school and is expected to graduate in the spring of 2010.
