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ALBERT J. TROUSDALE II, Florence AL, is an avid outdoorsman and enjoys hunting, fishing (salt and fresh), snow skiing and generally just being in nature. He and his brother, inducted into the College in 2020, run an active farming operation.
GREGORY WEISS, West Palm Beach FL, served as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division, and was deployed to Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal during his deploy- ment. Greg has completed three full Ironman triathlons, seven Half-Ironman triathlons, and twelve marathons, plus the Escape from Alcatraz (including swimming from “The Rock” to shore for the first leg of the race).
BARRETT WEISZ, Boulder CO, enjoys snowboarding and surfing, including helicopter snowboarding in Alaska and surf- ing in Fiji. Barrett has volunteered as a delivery driver for Meal on Wheels for over ten years.
RICHARD B. WICKERSHAM, JR., Philadelphia PA, is a former college alpine ski racer and is an active USSS Alpine Technical Delegate (i.e. alpine race official). Bruce has summited Mount Kilimanjaro and flown in the Goodyear blimp.
JOSEPH N. WILLIAMS, Indianapolis IN, has been playing music since he was fifteen. He’s played with a number of bands over the years, the highlight of which was playing in some of the most storied night clubs in downtown Nashville during law school in the early 2000s. He plays music every chance he gets, even while walking his kids to school barefoot. He goes barefoot, not the kids. He’s currently playing in a band that is not a Phish cover band but does play Phish covers.
LISA WILLIAMS, Cedar Rapids IA, is an Assistant United States Attorney in the Northern District of Iowa where she prosecutes violent crime. She previously served as a Captain in the Army’s Judge Ad- vocate General’s Corps and is proud to be an Army veteran after being mobilized in support of Oper- ation Enduring Freedom from 2007-2008. Lisa coaches high school mock trial and in 2021 coached her team to a state championship and ultimately a second place finish at the national tournament.
TODD WIND, Minneapolis MN, was lead counsel in several cases that have changed or significantly affected the substantive and procedural law in Minnesota cases, the details of which he would be happy to relate.
TODD E. ZIMMERMAN, Fargo ND, uses his background as a Certified Public Accountant to wow and amaze people at cocktail parties.
PETER ZUGER, Fargo ND, comes from a long line of trial lawyers who have practiced in North Dakota since 1894. His great-grandfather, grandfather, uncles, and dad were all attorneys. When Pete applied to law school, he wrote on his appli- cation: “I do not want to be a trial lawyer.” During his second year of law school, Pete watched his classmate, his future wife, compete in the National Trial Competition sponsored by the American College. The next year Pete himself competed.
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