High School Mock Trial
2012-2013
2013 High School Mock Trial Regionals will be held at Morningside College in Sioux City on March 5.
This year's members:
| 2013 Dark Blue Ribbon | ||
| Plaintiff | ||
| Opening | Jocelyn Hommes | |
| Plaintiff Witnesses | Witness | Attorney |
| Avery Langston | Dillon Bosler | Jocelyn Hommes |
| Dr. Tabor Caget | Andrew McCarty | Anna Van Veldhuizen |
| Dr Farley Davis | Sawyer Hrdlicka | Seth Hoogendoorn |
| Defense Witnesses | Attorney | |
| Gopi Anandganda | Anna Van Veldhuizen | |
| Dr. Lefu Harrison | Seth Hoogendoorn | |
| Dr. Quincy Ebardiar | Luke DeJong | |
| Closing | Luke DeJong | |
| Time Keeper | Alex Waagmeester | |
| Kate Timmer | ||
| Jacob Tilstra | ||
| 2013 Dark Blue Ribbon | ||
| Defense | ||
| Opening | Kate Timmer | |
| Plaintiff Witnesses | Attorney | |
| Avery Langston | Seth Hoogendoorn | |
| Dr. Tabor Caget | Andrew McCarty | |
| Dr Farley Davis | Sawyer Hrdlicka | |
| Defense Witnesses | Witness | Attorney |
| Gopi Anandganda | Jacob Tilstra | Kate Timmer |
| Dr. Lefu Harrison | Alex Waagmeester | Seth Hoogendoorn |
| Dr. Quincy Ebardiar | Luke DeJong | Andrew McCarty |
| Closing | Sawyer Hrdlicka | |
| Time Keeper | Jocelyn Hommes | |
| Dillon Bosler | ||
| Anna Van Veldhuizen | ||
| 2013 White Ribbon | ||
| Plaintiff | ||
| Opening | Colby McIntire | |
| Plaintiff Witnesses | Witness | Attorney |
| Avery Langston | Chasity Henrichs | Cobly McIntire |
| Dr. Tabor Caget | Danny Kruse | Nick Clifford |
| Dr Farley Davis | Emily DeJong | Lacey Poppinga |
| Defense Witnesses | Attorney | |
| Gopi Anandganda | Lacey Poppinga | |
| Dr. Lefu Harrison | Grant Metzger | |
| Dr. Quincy Ebardiar | Nick Clifford | |
| Closing | Grant Metzger | |
| Time Keeper | Hannah Dirks | |
| Hannah Sieperda | ||
| Anastasia Grooters | ||
| 2013 White Ribbon | ||
| Defense | ||
| Opening | Hannah Sieperda | |
| Plaintiff Witnesses | Attorney | |
| Avery Langston | Anastasia Grooters | |
| Dr. Tabor Caget | Hannah Dirks | |
| Dr Farley Davis | Emily DeJong | |
| Defense Witnesses | Witness | Attorney |
| Gopi Anandganda | Lacey Poppinga | Hannah Sieperda |
| Dr. Lefu Harrison | Grant Metzger | Emily DeJong |
| Dr. Quincy Ebardiar | Colby McIntire | Hannah Dirks |
| Closing | Anastasia Grooters | |
| Time Keeper | Chasity Henrichs | |
| Nick Clifford | ||
| Danny Kruse |
About this year's case:
The Iowa State Bar Association Center for Law & Civic Education gratefully acknowledges and
thanks the Pennsylvania Bar Association, The Pennsylvania Statewide High School Mock Trial
Competition, the authors and editors of the case, and David Trevaskis, Pennsylvania Bar
Association Pro Bono Coordinator, for their work on this mock trial problem and for allowing its
use in the 2013 Iowa High School Mock Trial Competition.
This year's case, The Estate of Simone Langston v. Dr. Lefu Harrison, is a civil action involving
a pathologist who claims to have entered into a contract with a dying and impoverished elderly
woman, Simone Langston, to obtain her mutated cancer cells. Ms. Langston’s cells offer the
promise of curing cancer as well as enriching Dr. Harrison. The central issue in the case is
whether Ms. Langston had the capacity to consent to selling her cancer cells to Dr. Harrison.
The case was written by Jonathan A. Grode and Paul W. Kaufman. Mr. Grode wrote the 2008,
2009 and 2010 Pennsylvania mock trial cases. He also adapted and modified the 2007
Pennsylvania case. Mr. Grode was also the primary author of case used for the 2010 National
High School Mock Trial Championship held in Philadelphia, PA and the 2012 National High
School Mock Trial Championship held in Albuquerque, NM. Mr. Kaufman has been an author or
editor of four mock trial cases, including the 2010 National case, and was a four time Delaware
state champion mock trialer in high school. Jane E. Meyer, Esq., a current member of the
National High School Mock Trial Championship Board of Directors, edited the case in
collaboration with Mr. Grode and Mr. Kaufman. Our sincerest thanks go out to Mr. Grode, Mr.
Kaufman and Ms. Meyer.
