Judge Philosophies
Abigael Jackson - Tourn Judges
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Aidan Barlow - Tourn Judges
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Akinjayeju Mitchell - YDRC
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Alex Luu - BASIS Fremont
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Alex Olafisoye - Tourn Judges
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Alexander Tivlumun - Tourn Judges
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Alexia Daniels - Tourn Judges
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Alice Chen - Velasquez Academy
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Ani Peshwe - SPB
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Anjal Srivastava - Tourn Judges
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Annamalai Lakshmanan - GSA
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Annie Xu - LiangyiLeaders
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Anshu Chaudhary - Tourn Judges
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Anshuman Mishra - Tourn Judges
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Aparna Unnikrishnan - Young Voices
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Arik Schneider - QDLearning
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Armando (Vince) Hernandez - Tourn Judges
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Ashley Butler - Tourn Judges
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Belle Beglinger - Tourn Judges
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Ben Cantrell - Tourn Judges
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Bhanu Prakash - GSA
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Bhavani Pallothu - BellYouth
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Bhavya Mehta - Able2Shine
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Blessing Kolawole - Tourn Judges
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Bukunmi Babatunde - Tourn Judges
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Caroline Dergazarian - Tourn Judges
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Catherine Cheng - Tourn Judges
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Charlie Finish - Tourn Judges
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Chetna Gote - GSA
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Chinwendu Ayodele - Tourn Judges
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Chris Daniels - Tourn Judges
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Claudia Hyun - Nova 42
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Cleashae Crowder - Tourn Judges
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Deepali Mehrotra - GSA
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Deepali Limaye - ModernBrain
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Derrick Braswell - Tourn Judges
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Donia Ghaith - Tourn Judges
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Duncan Bartlett - SLOHS
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Edward Cho - Nova 42
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Eli Ballowe - Tourn Judges
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Elizabeth Rostan - QDLearning
Eric Murray - Tourn Judges
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Esther Ayodele - Tourn Judges
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Ethan Jennings - Tourn Judges
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Ezeri Chidinma Grace - Tourn Judges
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Ganiyat Olowookere - Tourn Judges
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Gelsey Chan - Tourn Judges
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Godslove Matthew - Tourn Judges
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Gopal Kumar - Tourn Judges
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Harini Viswa - GSA
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Harry Park - WHS
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Hassan Usman - Tourn Judges
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Hassana Abdullahi - Tourn Judges
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Helen He - SPB
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Hephzibah Blessing - Tourn Judges
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Holt Nguyen-Lee - Tourn Judges
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Ian Xia - ModernBrain
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Idris Ibrahim - Tourn Judges
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Indira Lakshmanan - AD
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Ishani Manral - Tourn Judges
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Jaimie Nguyen - Tourn Judges
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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.
Jatheen Anand - GSA
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Javier Lluch Latorre - Tourn Judges
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Jay Thota - Able2Shine
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Jeff Harkleroad - LiangyiLeaders
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Jianghui Li - ModernBrain
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Jing Liu - BellYouth
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Joan Joseph - Tourn Judges
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Jocelyn Moran - Tourn Judges
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Joey Antonelli - 21st_Century
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John Liu - Velasquez Academy
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John Smith - Tourn Judges
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Jomiloju Epoyun - LiangyiLeaders
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Joseline Molina - Velasquez Academy
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Josh Steinle - Able2Shine
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Joshua Elliott - SLOHS
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Juan Duquesne - Tourn Judges
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Julia Cheng - LiangyiLeaders
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Justin Castaneda - Tourn Judges
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Kanagarathinam Venkatesan - Young Voices
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Kaviya Muthukumaravel - Able2Shine
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Kiran Bandaru - GSA
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Lee Thach - CL
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Lei Tong - ModernBrain
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Luis Latozefsky - Tourn Judges
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Lukas Ko - BellYouth
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Lynn Trinh - BellYouth
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Madhura Khare - Young Voices
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Mahendran Vasagam - Young Voices
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Mansi Kasliwal - Nova 42
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Mariah Moore - Able2Shine
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Minji Cho - Nova 42
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Mohamad Almouazzen - Tourn Judges
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Muhammadbaqir Oloruntoyin - Tourn Judges
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Muideen Popoola - Tourn Judges
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Nathalie Herbst - Holy Innocents
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Nirmalya Patra - Young Voices
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Nomar Villa - Tourn Judges
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Norman Law - BellYouth
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Olamide Esther Olayinka - Tourn Judges
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Oluwatobi Oyewumi - Tourn Judges
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Peace John-Kalio - Tourn Judges
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Popoola Olasunkanmi - Tourn Judges
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Prosper Onyido - Tourn Judges
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Putri Azzahra - Tourn Judges
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R. A. Velasquez - Velasquez Academy
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Rachel Kwak - Tourn Judges
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Ranjani Bharathapudi - SPB
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Saurav Meena - Tourn Judges
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Shana Sinha - ModernBrain
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Shivani Mishra - Tourn Judges
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Shree Brown - Tourn Judges
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Shweta Gummidipudi - GSA
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Sofia Escalante - Tourn Judges
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Sonali Purdhani - GSA
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Sophie Du - Nova 42
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Teja Kappagantula - Nova 42
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Thomas Simon - GSA
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Veronica Galvez - Velasquez Academy
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Vikas Wadhera - GSA
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Wei Jiang - GSA
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William Turner Sr. - Holy Innocents
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William Turner - Holy Innocents
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Wisam Hagsaleh - Tourn Judges
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Zoe Yan - ModernBrain
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