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| March 1999 UM law teams sweep In the competition, held in Las Vegas Feb. 25-28, student teams argued a case involving an injury allegedly caused by a defective seat belt. Montana, Georgetown and Pep-perdine were the only universities to get both of their teams into the elimination rounds. The UM teams will compete at the national championship in New Orleans this month. UM's varsity team is comprised of third-year students Katie DeSoto, Tim Peck and C.J. Johnson, and first-year student Mary Ann Ries. DeSoto and Peck portrayed lawyers, while Johnson was the lay witness and Ries the expert. After taking on opponents in preliminary rounds, varsity conquered perennial contender Golden Gate in the semifinal round. Members of UM's junior varsity team are second-year students Tasha Prinzing, Sean Goicoechea and Jorge Quintana, and first-year student Bruce Butler. Lawyers for the team were Prinzing and Goicoechea. Quintana and Butler were witnesses. The team went up against Willamette, Georgetown and Pep-perdine in the preliminary rounds, and beat Georgetown in the semifinals. In the finals, the varsity team was victorious over Georgetown, while the JV team vanquished Seattle University. The teams are coached by law Professor Cynthia Ford and Karen Townsend, Missoula deputy county attorney. Funding is from the Montana Trial Lawyers Association, Montana Defense Trial Lawyers Association and the law firm of Knight, Dahood, McLean & Everett.
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