Law & Government Explorer Post competes at State Level

Perrysburg Law & Government Explorer Post sent three teams to compete with over 3,000 other students statewide in the annual High School Mock Trial competition. Team Food Fighters traveled to Findlay, Ohio to compete against teams from Marysville and Marion, Ohio. The judges recognized Emma Viles as the Outstanding Attorney and Kaity Laumann was awarded Outstanding Witness.

Team Patrick Henry and Team Geek Squad competed at Bowling Green against teams from St. Mary’s and Pickering High Schools. Will Robinson and Noah Rossler were awarded the Outstanding Attorney awards and Ryan McConnell, Megan Galle and Nehal Methi won the Outstanding Witness awards.

Team Geek Squad consists of Noah Rossler, Sharvari Brahme, Alexandra Phlegar, Alisha Ohanian, Alisa Leong, Julia Gonzales, Abdur Khan and Nehal Methi.

Team Food Fighters are composed of Meric Pope, Zack McKenna, Mahnur Khan, Emma Viles, Ceimoani Bumrah, Kaity Laumann, Jillian Craig, Savannah Guy and Lee Davenport.

Team Patrick Henry, consisting of Alex Miller, Emily Cottle, Areeb Ahmed, Alex Katko, Henry Yang, Will Robinson, Ryan McConnell and Megan Galle won both or their trials and now advance to Regional mock trial competition.

This year’s trial focused on a civil lawsuit filed by a fictitious juvenile facility inmate who claimed guards used excessive force to break up a cafeteria fight and then failed to properly care for the resulting injury. Each team consists of 5 to 11 members who prepare both plaintiff and defense cases.

Kent Riesen, Esq., Dr. Beth Rohrbacher, Jake Studer, Esq., Pinky Edens, Rachel Marvin, Krista Huff, Russ Quick, Judge S. Dwight Osterud, ret., and several other Explorer Alumni coach the Teams.

Perrysburg Explorer Post is in its 14th year of competition.
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