Coaching Staff
Brian Pilchik | Head Coach
Brian is a trial attorney at the Public Defender Division of the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS). He has previously worked as a law clerk at the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and a Legal Fellow at the CPCS Innocence Program. He graduated Harvard Law School in 2017, where he competed and coached with the Harvard Law School Mock Trial Association and worked as a Teaching Assistant at Harvard Law School's Trial Advocacy Workshop. Brian is an alumnus of Tufts University, where he competed and served as President of his mock trial association.
Brian founded MIT Mock Trial in 2015 with co-coach Nick Teleky (Tufts '15) and students Nahom Marie (MIT '18) and Stephen Tang (MIT '17).
Brian is a trial attorney at the Public Defender Division of the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS). He has previously worked as a law clerk at the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and a Legal Fellow at the CPCS Innocence Program. He graduated Harvard Law School in 2017, where he competed and coached with the Harvard Law School Mock Trial Association and worked as a Teaching Assistant at Harvard Law School's Trial Advocacy Workshop. Brian is an alumnus of Tufts University, where he competed and served as President of his mock trial association.
Brian founded MIT Mock Trial in 2015 with co-coach Nick Teleky (Tufts '15) and students Nahom Marie (MIT '18) and Stephen Tang (MIT '17).
Jonathan Kuang | Coach
Jonathan is from San Diego, California. He really enjoys mock trial. Legend has it that his first words were “The bar for relevance is low, Your Honor.” He graduated from UCLA, where he earned not one but two All-American Attorney awards at Nationals -- and then became a finalist at Trial by Combat. From there, he attended Harvard Law School ('22), where he competed for the HLS Mock Trial Association. Having just taken the bar this summer(!), Jonathan is staying in Boston to clerk at the Massachusetts Appeals Court downtown. He is so excited to be joining MIT Mock Trial as our newest coach.
Jonathan is from San Diego, California. He really enjoys mock trial. Legend has it that his first words were “The bar for relevance is low, Your Honor.” He graduated from UCLA, where he earned not one but two All-American Attorney awards at Nationals -- and then became a finalist at Trial by Combat. From there, he attended Harvard Law School ('22), where he competed for the HLS Mock Trial Association. Having just taken the bar this summer(!), Jonathan is staying in Boston to clerk at the Massachusetts Appeals Court downtown. He is so excited to be joining MIT Mock Trial as our newest coach.