Mr. Merkins has litigated numerous business disputes in various courts including fiduciary duty claims, corporate valuation proceedings, corporate and partnership control fights, contractual disputes, and federal class action securities fraud lawsuits.
Education
Widener University School of Law, magna cum laude, 2002Executive Board Member, Moot Court Honor Society
Recipient, Harvey Alan Chernoff Memorial Scholarship in Constitutional Law
Certificate of Achievement in Legal Writing and Constitutional Law
Penn State University, B.A., 1998
Professional and Community Activities
Member, American Bar AssociationMember, Delaware State Bar Assocation
Member, St. George’s Society of Delaware
Active in local civic and political organizations, including the Springfield Township Planning Commission
Prior Experience
Blank Rome LLP, 2003-2008Law Clerk to the Honorable Myron T. Steele, Delaware Supreme Court, 2002-2003
Judicial Extern to the Honorable Dolores K. Sloviter, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2001-2002
State Bar Admission
Delaware, 2003Pennsylvania, 2002
New Jersey, 2002
