{"id":30255,"date":"2021-04-06T16:25:36","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T20:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/?p=30255"},"modified":"2021-04-06T16:50:40","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T20:50:40","slug":"moot-court-team-sweeps-all-awards-in-tax-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2021\/04\/06\/moot-court-team-sweeps-all-awards-in-tax-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Moot Court team sweeps all awards in tax competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2021-National-Tax-Moot-Court-Competition-screenshot.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2021-National-Tax-Moot-Court-Competition-screenshot.png\" alt=\"Stetson team members Omar Hussein (top left) and Erik Banuchi (top center) compete during the final rounds of the 2021 National Tax Moot Court Competition.\" class=\"wp-image-30263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2021-National-Tax-Moot-Court-Competition-screenshot.png 624w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2021-National-Tax-Moot-Court-Competition-screenshot-500x268.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Stetson team members Omar Hussein (top left) and Erik Banuchi (top center) compete during the final rounds of the 2021 National Tax Moot Court Competition.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stetson\u2019s team of&nbsp;Erik Banuchi,&nbsp;John Bartel, and&nbsp;Omar Hussein&nbsp;not only&nbsp;won&nbsp;the 2021 National Tax Moot Court Competition, but the team also won the&nbsp;Best Brief Award,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Hussein won the&nbsp;Best Oralist Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Tax Moot Court Competition, sponsored by the Tax Section of The Florida Bar, started in the 1980s.&nbsp; Stetson has won the competition eight times; the first time in 1984.&nbsp; Only once before\u2014in 2001\u2014has a Stetson team swept all three awards.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is a challenging competition, as the judges in the early rounds are tax attorneys, Internal Revenue Service attorneys, and attorneys from the Tax Section of Department of Justice.&nbsp;In the final round of the competition, the advocates had the opportunity to argue in front of judges from the United States Tax Court.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe judges praised our advocates on their high level of advocacy and skill, as well as their outstanding knowledge of the law and the record and their ability to respond to the judges\u2019 questions and pivot back into their arguments,\u201d said Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/faculty\/home\/brooke-bowman.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brooke J. Bowman<\/a>, director of Moot Court Board.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/faculty\/home\/andrew-appleby.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andrew Appleby<\/a> and alumna <a href=\"https:\/\/www.everlovelegal.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Katie Everlove-Stone<\/a> (whose team won the National Tax Competition when she attended Stetson) coached the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stetson\u2019s team of&nbsp;Erik Banuchi,&nbsp;John Bartel, and&nbsp;Omar Hussein&nbsp;not only&nbsp;won&nbsp;the 2021 National Tax Moot Court Competition, but the team also won the&nbsp;Best Brief Award,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Hussein won the&nbsp;Best Oralist Award. 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