Judge Philosophies
Aaron Chung - QDLearning
Achyut Shah - MIller MS
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Adhar Walia - GSA
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Adriana Chan - V-LYLA
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Alex Chon - Wilshire
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Allison Chu - V-LYLA
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Almas Raza - SCA
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Andrew Ye - V-LYLA
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Anika Lee - Wilshire
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Anil Lalwani - MIller MS
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Anita Yao - ACLA Network
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Annie Lai - YG, Bay AreaDebate
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Annie Borders - OOS
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Anthony Rumbos Perez - Claremont
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Aryan Singh - MIller MS
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Ashley Soong - Nova 42
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Ashley Silva - ACLA Network
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Balu Sthanikam - MIller MS
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Caitlyn Kim - ACLA Network
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Cameron Baghai - Athens Debate
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Candilla Park - Wilshire
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Carol Chong - AofHL
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Carolyn Hughes - ACDS
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Cat-Minh Huynh - V-LYLA
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Celine Tsai - V-LYLA
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Chelina Rhee - Wilshire
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Chen Shen - QDLearning
Chloe Gill - San Marino Learnin
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Chris Arnold - Albright
Tabula rassa.
Chrishma Karkada - GSA
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Chrishma Karkada - Millikin
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Christina Zhang - NAL
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Claire Judson - Claremont
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Claudia Hyun - Nova 42
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Clinton Lau - V-LYLA
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Dan Yang - Morning L
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Daniel Kyle - Nova 42
Danielle Williams-Nidome - ACDS
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Danny Zou - V-LYLA
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Danny White - ACDS
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David Chamberlain - Claremont
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Dinesh Thandapani - MIller MS
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Dorothy Vassantachart - V-LYLA
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Ebru Dogan - Nova 42
Elisa Kim - San Marino Learnin
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Emi Kim - Wilshire
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Esther An - Wilshire
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Francis Kim-Baek - V-LYLA
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Franklin Ruan - NAL
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Georgia Singleton - Roosevelt
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Gina Sanchez - YG, Bay AreaDebate
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Govind Payyavula - YG, Bay AreaDebate
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Guangyu Zhou - MIller MS
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Helen Jin - V-LYLA
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Hye Lynn Suh - Wilshire
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Ivy Han - V-LYLA
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Jack Han - QDLearning
James Kyle - Nova 42
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Janiel Victorino - QDLearning
My Competitive Career consists of 4 years in the collegiate Circuit; Saddleback College (2015-17), and CSUF (2017-19). I have been a speech and debate judge for the MS/HS circuit since 2017, and for the Collegiate Circuit since 2019. if you need clarification on a ballot, please send an email to [ jvictorino0.forensicsjudge@gmail.com ]
Ballot Style:
Where possible I add timestamps to help students pinpoint exact moments in their speech that address the issue as noted by comment. I have made it a personal philosophy to try never have less than 5 sentences on any ballot.
if I am unable to comment on evidence organization or speech writing due to speed, I tend to focus on minute analysis of nonverbal decisions.
Debate Philosophy: I can comfortably judge parli, LD, PF, SPAR & Congress, but it is not part of my competitive background. I don't have experience with policy debate as of this writing.
I LOVE it when students are able to be fully themselves and have fun in a round. I value organization uniqueness and clash during rounds. Regardless of your evidence quantity, I love it when students are able to have versatile/creative arguments but clear and concise writing. Please signpost. I am looking for how competitors set up all provided evidence in round AND Questioning to counter rebuttals (which means my biggest thing is how evidence is arranged to construct unique arguments), although I also appreciate the occasional framework discussion. I appreciate having round evidence forwarded to me via email, but since I have been in the debate world less than my speech career, I am a flow judge and RFDs will be made purely from in-round proceedings. While I consider initiative and prominence as important (especially in congress) I also do my best to recognize reasons why certain students are not as prominent in round.
I can speed read a little, but I would exercise caution especially during online tournaments. I mentioned earlier that I timestamp comments where possible, but I would sincerely appreciate if students could self time so I can focus on ballots. Professionalism is important to me, but not to the point where a student is quiet, if you have to say something offensive, please keep it within the confines of debate evidence. I like high-energy rounds, whether via morale building or aggressive pacing, but its not the end of the world if the round has calmer proceedings :)
Clarity > Speed.
Jennifer Billante - ACDS
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Jimmy Shih - MIller MS
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Jin Zhang - YG, Bay AreaDebate
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John Ferris - Nova 42
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Juan Benitez - ACDS
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Julia Cai - QDLearning
Kamran Sheriff - Claremont
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Katelyn Sim - V-LYLA
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Katelynn La - Nova 42
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Keshav Murthy - GSA
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Keya Shyani - V-LYLA
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Klemens Huynh - V-LYLA
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Lily Liao - QDLearning
Lisa Guo - V-LYLA
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Luna McNeff yee - Emerson
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Manibannan Peroomal - ACLA Network
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Manikantan Jayaraman - GSA
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Meghna Venkatesh - SCA
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Michael Starzynski - NOJFC
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Michelle Kim - Wilshire
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Miranda Li - Odle
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Mohammed Maarouf - Claremont
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Muneeba Zeeshan - SCA
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Murty Kotha - SCA
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Nancy Magana - ACLA Network
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Nandan Nabar - GSA
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Neeraj Mathur - YG, Bay AreaDebate
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Neha Thakker - V-LYLA
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Nianwei Xing - MIller MS
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Ningxin Tao - V-LYLA
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Parishi Kanuga - V-LYLA
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Patrick Kim - Wilshire
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Paul Brewer - SCA
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Pooja Agarwal - Athens Debate
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Prakash Sethia - YG, Bay AreaDebate
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Prakash Sethia Ver. 2 - YG, Bay AreaDebate
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Pramesh Shah - V-LYLA
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Pratibha Mangla - GSA
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Pushpendra Duhoon - Dracarys Prep
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Radhika Miriyala - MIller MS
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Robert Cannon - Wilshire
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Roly Gupta - GSA
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Ryan Yoo - Wilshire
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Samantha Chu - ACDS
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Samir Rajadnya - MIller MS
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Samrat Gupta - MIller MS
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Sharon Hartman - ACDS
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Shirley Shan - GSA
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Simon Liu - YG, Bay AreaDebate
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Tara Ramamurthy - MIller MS
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Tushar Bandopadhyay - MIller MS
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Vanita Jain - YG, Bay AreaDebate
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Ved Vyas - GSA
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Veda Yama - Athens Debate
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Vishwanath Sen - Dracarys Prep
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Weiqi Xiao - NAL
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Willie Washington - ACLA Network
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Yash Mishra - MIller MS
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Yi Dong - YG, Bay AreaDebate
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Yipeng Wang - V-LYLA
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Yong Rhee - V-LYLA
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Zihad Amin - ACLA Network
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