Here you'll find information about the people who make up Virginia Mock Trial, including current competitors, coaches and advisors, and program alumni. Tryouts are held at the beginning of the school year each fall. If you're interested in becoming a member of our program, please visit the Join page.
Ethan Marx
Yashita Keswani
Micah Cerynik
Lydia Matthews
Trevor McMillan
Hometown: | Seattle, WA |
Occupation: | Attorney |
Nick has been coaching VaMT since 2013, including the year the program won its third national championship.
In college, Nick co-founded the mock trial program and invitational tournament at the University of Washington and won ten attorney awards (including an All-American). In law school, Nick won the Best Advocate award at the Tournament of Champions and teamed up with VaMT alums Marcy Coburn and Ben Wallace to place first regionally and third nationally in the TYLA competition.
Nick clerked on the Eastern District of Virginia, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and U.S. Supreme Court. He now works at the Department of Justice.