Alternative Dispute Resolution Teams and Competitions

The Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution, in conjunction with the Trial Advocacy Honors Board and Council, proudly announces the 2007-2008 Alternative Dispute Resolution Teams:

Vis International Commercial Arbitration Team
March 14-20, 2008 (Vienna)

Elizabeth Barton, Eugene Goryunov, Daniel Saeedi, and Anne Skrodzki

Coaches: Professors Kenneth Kandaras and Karen Cross

Congratulations to the Vis International Commercial Arbitration Team on their finish in the top 32 out of 204 international teams in Vienna, Austria!

ABA Client Counseling Team
February 9-10, 2008 (Notre Dame)

Regina Calcagno (Team Captain), Mark Abellera, Kathryn Christian, Whitney Hutchinson, William Kalbac, and Anish Parikh

Coaches: The Honorable Sheri Mecklenburg and Professor Ron Rascia

Congratulations to Regina Calcagno and Anish Parikh for advancing to the Semifinals of the ABA Client Counseling Competition!

ABA Mediation Dispute Resolution Team
March 1-2, 2008 (Ohio State)

Jessica Diehl, Jack Kozar, Zach Martel, Jacob Plattenberger, Brandon Rogers, and Rebecca Wiard

Coaches: Professors Liz Simon and Joanne Hodge

CBA Mediation Team
March 27-29, 2008 (Chicago)

Jonathan Arias, James Borkman, Sharon Cannon, Konstantina Christopoulos, Teresa Do, Bergin Fisniku, Arti Mangla, and Rolanda Mitchell

Coaches: Ann Battenfield, Danielle Loevy, and Professor Elizabeth Simon

Congratulations to Rolonda Mitchell and Bergin Fisniku for finishing 1st and 7th, respectively, in the Outstanding Mediator category, and to Jonathan Arias and Sharon Cannon for finishing 8th in the Attorney-Client Team category of the Seventh Annual International Law School Mediation Competition.

ABA National Negotiation Competition Team
February 9-10, 2008 (Los Angeles)

William Kalbac and Michael O'Brien

Coaches: Professor Dawn Bode, Professor Molly Lien, Ian Bucciarelli, Curtis Vosti, Dan Padernacht

Congratulations to the ABA National Negotiation Team on their 3rd-place finish at the national competition!

GREAT JOB TO ALL OF THE TEAMS!

Congrats to all the teams from the 2006-2007 school year:

Congratulations to ABA National Negotiation Team members
Daniel Padernacht and Curtis Vosti who competed at the
International Negotiation Competition in Singapore during the summer of 2007
and placed 6th out of 16 international teams!

The Negotiation Team also finished 2nd in the nation
at the 2007 Miami National Competition!

At a reception honoring the Negotiation Team, members of the team and one of their coaches, Dawn Bode,
watch as Trial Ad Honors Board member, Anna Rehder prepares to cut the cake.

Kenneth Kandaras, Director of the Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution, congratulates Negotiation Team
members Luke Hajkl, Ian Bucciarelli, Dan Padernacht, and Curtis Vosti.

From left to right: Dawn Bode (Coach), Curtis Vosti, Ian Bucciarelli, Center Director Kenneth Kandaras, Luke Hajkl, Daniel Padernacht, and Susann MacLachlan (Coach & Associate Director of the Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution )

Congratulations to the William C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Team,
one of only three US schools to place in the top 16 teams in Vienna of a field of 173 competitors!

Vienna, Austria
March 30 - April 5, 2007

Leonard Hudson, Adrienne Detanico, Professor Karen Halverson-Cross,
Alen Takhsh, Rebecca Ptasynski
Coaches: Center Director Kenneth Kandaras (not pictured) & Karen Halverson-Cross

2007 ABA Client Counseling Team
February 10-17, 2007

Allison Pawlicki, Claire Covington, Regina Calcagno, Adam Snyder
Coach: John Gonnella