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Posted by: Laura Labenberg on May 12, 2025

The 2025 Tennessee State High School Mock Trial Competition Champions, Montgomery Bell Academy (MBA), traveled to Phoenix this past weekend and captured their first national championship. Senior Kavneer Majhail was named an outstanding attorney. In attendance were 47 additional state champions who competed for the top prize.

The national championship round was held in the historic Maricopa County Old Courthouse, which is most well known for hosting the first trial of Ernesto Miranda, which ultimately led to Miranda v. Arizona and the present-day Miranda rights. The courtroom in which the competition was held was the one served by the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. 

The MBA competing team members were William Guo, Russell Howard, George Ma, Kavneer Majhail, Nikhil Misra, Jasmaih Oberoi, Jack Rogers, Kenneth Royer and Sammy Thompson. They were supported by non-competing team members Henry Bone, Witt Combs and Alex Kaegi. These talented students are coached by the dedicated team of Wade Cowan, Tracy Hancock and Marisa Combs Smith.

2025 National Mock Trial Competition champions

 

Left: Kavneer Majhail was named an Outstanding Attorney

Right: Coaches Tracy Hancock, left, and Wade Cowan at the awards ceremony

From left, coaches Marisa Combs Smith, Tracy Hancock and Wade Cowan