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2025 Results

The 2025 winners and their briefs, the finalists, and the selection committees who chose them.

Mark Hanusz, Ben Syroka, Benjamin Padanilam and Jim Yavorcik

2025 Civil Track winner

Benjamin Padanilam

Presented with his plaque at the 2025 Bench Bar Conference. Pictured: Mark Hanusz, Ben Syroka, Benjamin Padanilam and Jim Yavorcik.

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Jim Yavorcik, Lucas Grabowski, Ben Syroka and Mark Hanusz

2025 Criminal Track winner

Lucas Grabowski

Presented with his plaque at the 2025 Bench Bar Conference. Pictured: Jim Yavorcik, Lucas Grabowski, Ben Syroka and Mark Hanusz.

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2025 finalists, Civil Track

Noah Woods

Andrea Almeida Rodriguez

2025 finalists, Criminal Track

Joshua Sherman

Aaron Hill

2025 Selection Committee: Civil Track

Shelby Cully

Judge Matt Reger

John Borell

Judge James Carr

Nancy Miller

Kyle Silvers

2025 Selection Committee: Criminal Track

Judge James Bates

Twila Ferguson

Randy Meyer

Judge Mike Goulding

Judge Jack Zouhary

Emily Samlow

The 2024 results

Winners, finalists and selection committees of 2024.

2024 Results