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Once again, Creekview High School’s Mock Trial heads to state competition. Over the last two weekends, Creekview Mock Trial has been competing in Regionals in the Dallas Bar Association’s Mock Trial Competition, which involves hundreds of teams from across the state. Creekview advanced from the first weekend of Regionals and beat Frisco and Plano West in single elimination rounds last weekend to advance to the State competition in March.

The Team

The team includes attorneys Allen Mason, Kassandra Busby, and Liza Frolova; witnesses Jazmin Torres, Harris Pierce, and Yusraa Tariq; paralegal Isabella Barkat; and coach Brian Sheguit.

Creekview Mock Trial has earned the state championship six times, including five of the last six years. This year’s case is a criminal manslaughter case about a patient who had a fatal allergic reaction to medication after a hacker put the hospital’s paperless records system offline demanding a ransom. It is loosely based on an episode of Grey’s Anatomy.

Big Win for Law & Criminal Justice Students at Creekview

The Creekview High School Moot Court and Mock Trial students had a big win at the YMCA Youth and Government State Conference and Competition in Austin. Twenty-seven students competed, having previously qualified at the district tournament in November. For the first time ever, the final round in Moot Court was Creekview vs. Creekview. The team of Joanna Boyer and Joseph Bremer emerged as state champions, also qualifying for the National Judicial Conference in Chicago in August. The team of Evan Miller and Daniel Baldizon took second place – also qualifying for nationals.

Additional wins

Samantha Watkins was ranked 3^rd Place Appellate Judge. Amena Tep was State Champion Appellate Judge. Furthermore, in Mock Trial County Court Division, the team of Attorneys Brian Kang and M’Hya Lee and Witnesses Julian Le, Alina Kassam, Jeanine Paredes, and Leslie Plata became the first-ever all-Freshman Creekview team to place at State.

In Mock Trial District Court Division, London Jones placed 3^rd as Judge. Additionally, Jones was also elected 2019-2020 YMCA Youth and Government Attorney General.

The Mock Trial case this year was an Intoxication Manslaughter case.  The Moot Court case concerned the admissibility of a warrantless blood draw and police body camera footage.