West Palm Beach, Florida (March 14, 2004) – Stuart Baker, Michelle Holiday, Ron Johnson, and Jessica Morrison formed the amazing team from the University of Akron School of Law which won the national "mock trial" competition sponsored by the American Association for Justice (AAJ). The winning team was coached by Larry Sutter and David Toepfer.

Known as the annual AAJ Student Trial Advocacy Competition (STAC) the mock trials began in February in 14 cities where 224 teams from 124 schools faced each other regionally. The top team from each region advanced to the finals competition held March 11 - 14 in West Palm Beach, Florida, and hosted by Stacey Mullins and the law firm of Lavalle Brown Ronano & Soff of Boca Raton, Florida.

Listed below are the standings of the top-placed teams for the 2004 National Finals Competition. Congratulations to all teams!

1st PLACE
UNIVERSITY OF AKRON SCHOOL OF LAW
Akron, Ohio

2nd PLACE
DRAKE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL
Des Moines, Iowa

SEMI-FINALISTS
BAYLOR LAW SCHOOL
Dallas, Texas

SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW
Houston, Texas

QUARTER-FINALISTS
CUMBERLAND SCHOOL OF LAW
Birmingham, Alabama

STETSON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW
St. Petersburg, Florida

THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL
Washington, DC

UNIVERSITY OF DENVER COLLEGE OF LAW
Denver, Colorado