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Firm Counsel Thomas McKevitt (back row, third from right) is joined by members of the Holy Trinity High School mock trial team at the Nassau County Mock Trial Tournament semifinal round.

Thomas McKevitt Leads Holy Trinity High School Mock Trial Team into County Semifinals

Thomas McKevitt, Counsel with the Firm, recently served as coach of the Holy Trinity High School mock trial team that took part in the Nassau County tournament section of the New York State High School Mock Trial Tournament. On April 11, his team reached the semifinals, which were held at Nassau County Supreme Court in Mineola before Justice Randall Eng, retired Presiding Officer of the Appellate Division, Second Department.

In this year’s competition, students assumed the roles of attorneys and witnesses in consecutive trials, serving alternately as plaintiff and defendant, in a criminal case involving a 19-year-old who was arrested for disorderly conduct. To prepare for the competition, students learned about developing case themes, making opening and closing arguments, executing direct and cross-examinations, responding to objections, and introducing evidence.

Mr. McKevitt has coached the Holy Trinity High School mock trial team for 19 years, and is one of four attorneys from the Firm who volunteered their time at the mock trial tournament. Firm Partners Adam H. Koblenz and Ralph Branciforte worked with students from The Wheatley School, and Firm Associate Joshua D. Brookstein mentored students from the Crescent School.

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