
Academic Advisor & Head Coach
Kioceaia Stenson Holiday
Coach Kioceaia Stenson-Holiday is the Faculty Advisor and Co-Head Coach of Panther Mock Trial. She joined PMT’s coaching staff in 2018. “Coach Kio” (as she is referred to by the students) received her Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Spelman College in 2011. She later went on to obtain her Juris Doctorate from Emory University School of Law in 2014. Immediately after graduation, Coach Stenson-Holiday joined the Miami-Dade County State Attorney's Office, where she is currently employed.​
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As an Assistant State Attorney, Coach Stenson-Holiday currently serves as the Assistant Chief of the Career Criminal and Robbery Unit- a unit that specializes in the prosecution of recidivist, violent offenders. In addition to serving as an Assistant State Attorney, Coach Stenson-Holiday is also an adjunct faculty member at FIU Honors College where she teaches a course entitled “Thriving in the Law.”

Head Coach
Eddie Holiday
Eddie L. Holiday III is our Co-Head Coach and began coaching the Panther Mock Trial team in 2018 along with his wife, Mrs. Kioceaia Stenson-Holiday.
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Mr. Holiday graduated from Howard University for his undergraduate studies and received a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Culture with a Minor in Entrepreneurship. He loved the HBCU experience and decided to continue his education at the Howard University School of Law and received his Juris Doctor in 2013. A consummate public speaker, Mr. Holiday has presented CLE lectures throughout Florida involving the effective use of social media in trials, corporate policies for text messaging under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, and discrimination in jury selection. He has received the Top 40 Under 40 Award from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (2021), National Black Lawyers (2019-2021), and Daily Business Review (2018). Mr. Holiday was also named “Best Closer in South Florida” in 2017 by the Legal Services of Greater Miami.
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Mr. Holiday began his legal career as an Assistant State Attorney at the Miami-Dade Office of the State Attorney. He served in the Career Criminal Robbery Unit where he gained substantial experience in all areas of state prosecution. Mr. Holiday has conducted over 20 bench trials and over 50 jury trials to verdict. Prior to working in-house at American Express as Manager and Counsel of Litigation, Mr. Holiday worked at a national law firm advocated for many Fortune 500 companies regarding wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases. He has also represented various municipalities in federal court regarding civil rights litigation.
Currently, Mr. Holiday’s practice at Haber Law, focuses on a variety of complex commercial business matters, including contractual disputes for various individuals and corporate entities, business fraud, as well as probate issues involving breaches of fiduciary duties.

Lead Coach
La'Tiara Calloway
Coach La’Tiara Calloway is the Head Coach of the B competitive team and began coaching the Panther Mock Trial team in 2023. Coach Calloway obtained her juris doctorate from Howard University School of Law in 2018. While at Howard School of Law, she became the treasurer and, later on, Vice President of the Business Law Society, and a member of the Huver I. Brown Trial Advocacy Moot Court Team.
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Over the course of her legal career, Coach Calloway has served as Assistant State Attorney and Assistant Chief of the Juvenile Division at the Miami-Dade County State Attorney's Office, currently working as Associate General Counsel for Universal Property and Casualty Insurance Company.

Lead Coach
Deesha Smart
Coach Deesha Smart is our newest addition to the coaching staff as co-head Coach of Team B. She began coaching the Panther Mock Trial team in 2024 along with the rest of the coaching staff. Coach Smart received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Miami School of Law, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude, and earned a membership in the Order of the Coif and the Order of the Barristers.
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Currently, Coach Smart is an associate attorney at Haber Law where she concentrates her practice in the areas of complex business and condominium litigation.

Nia Virgo
President

Emily Swann
Vice President

Clover Cruz
Secretary

Lucia Barrerio
Treasurer

Alexandra Phelps
Social Media Chair

Aylie Farmer
Co-Tournament Director

Jordan Collins
Co-Tournament Director

Emily Saez
Recruitment & Retainment Chair

Kevin Pacheco
Logistics Chair
24-25 E-Board and E-Council
Competitive Members

Nia Virgo
Competitive Member

Clover Cruz
Competitive Member

Emily Swann
Competitive Member

Lucia Barreiro
Competitive Member

Jordan Collins
Competitive Member

Jose Muhina
Competitive Member

Alexandra Phelps
Competitive Member

Aylie Farmer
Competitive Member

Diana Angel
Competitive Member

Emily Saez
Competitive Member

German Mata
Competitive Member

Alexis Lofton
Competitive Member

David Castillo
Competitive Member
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Moises Sanchez
Competitive Member

Vanessa Montoya
Competitive Member

Kevin Pacheco
Competitive Member

Samantha Laufman-Valdes
Competitive Member

Bruno Paes Leme
Founding Member
Member from 2017-2020

Dane Pennerman
Founding Member
Member from 2017-2019

Gabriella Pinzon
Founding Member
Member from 2017-2020

Gisell Landrian
Founding Member
Member from 2017-2020

Julio Torres
Founding Member
Member from 2017-2018

Mekha Abraham
Founding Member
Member from 2017-2018

Alexis Phelps
Member from 2018-2021

Elanny Lago
Member from 2018-2019

Jenelly Perez
Member from 2018-2020

Monserrat Garcia
Member from 2018-2020

Oscar Marante
Member from 2019-2020

Valerie Basto-Morales
Member from 2018-2020

Jessica Nunez
Member from 2019-2020

Keren Soto
Member from 2019-2020

Max Salazar
Member from 2018-2020

Mariana Robledo
Member from 2021-2023

Persia Taft
Member from 2019-2023

Amanda Rodriguez del Rey
Member from 2020-2023

Sebastian Aviles
Member from 2019-2022

Saige Thibaud
Member from 2022-2023

Emiliana Tacconi
Member from 2022-2023

Matthew Micalizzi
Member from 2021-2024

Alessandra Gonzalez
Member from 2021-2024

James Talbert
Member from 2023-2024