David Charles Merkin

Practice Areas: Juvenile and Criminal Law Defense; Mediator; Commercial Litigation; General Negligence Defense; Workers’ Compensation; Municipal Liability Plaintiff and Defense; Plaintiff’s and Defense Personal Injury; Insurance Coverage Issues; Real Estate Litigation; Guardianship Litigation; Estate’s and Trust Litigation; Family Law; Administrative Hearings; and Serious Traffic Defense.

Admitted: 1992 District of Columbia Court of Appeals; 1993 Maryland Court of Appeals; 1994 United States District Court for the District of Maryland; 1996 United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

Law School: University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1992.

College: University of Maryland at College Park, B.A., Government and Politics, 1988.

Member: Maryland State Bar Association; Bar Association of Montgomery County, Maryland; District of Columbia Bar Association; Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys Association; designated as Super Lawyer in Maryland and the District of Columbia 2011-present.

Experience: Merkin & Taylor, LLC, March 1, 2012 to Present; Member; Handling serious traffic, juvenile and criminal law defense both private and panel work for the Office of the Public Defender; Litigating Complex Commercial Litigation in the State and Federal Courts of Maryland and the District of Columbia; have argued successfully Injunctions and Trials; Representing and counseling clients in Family Law Cases; represented both corporations and individuals in personal injury litigation; representing clients in employment and real estate litigation from motions stage all the way through trial in Maryland and the District of Columbia; Mediator for the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland; and, contested and uncontested guardianship litigation.

Merkin Law Group, LLC, 2010 to February 28, 2012; Managing Member; Litigating Complex Commercial Litigation in the State and Federal Courts of Maryland and the District of Columbia; have argued successfully Injunctions and Trials; represented both corporations and individuals in personal injury litigation; representing clients in employment and real estate litigation from motions stage all the way through trial in Maryland and the District of Columbia; contested and uncontested guardianship litigation; Representing and counseling clients in Family Law Cases; Also handling serious traffic, juvenile and criminal law defense.

McMillan Metro, P.C., 2007 to 2009; Litigating Complex Commercial Litigation in the State and Federal Courts of Maryland and the District of Columbia; have argued successfully Injunctions and Trials; represented both corporations and individuals in personal injury litigation; representing clients in employment and real estate litigation from motions stage all the way through trial in Maryland and the District of Columbia; contested and uncontested guardianship litigation; Also handling serious traffic, juvenile and criminal law defense.

The Hartford Insurance (Law Offices of Renee L. Johnson/Law Offices of Guido Porcarelli), 2005-2006, Staff Attorney handling complex commercial litigation, personal injury litigation and workers compensation in the District of Columbia and Maryland, work involves representing clients of the insured in the Superior Court for the District of Columbia, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the Circuit Courts of Maryland throughout the State, the District of Columbia Office of Workers Compensation, the Adjudications and Hearings Division and the Compensation Review Board.

Merkin & Jacobs, LLC, 2004-2005, Managing Member, represented the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority in general negligence defense and Miss Utility violations, in pretrial, motions practice and jury trial practice in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia; plaintiff’s personal injury litigation in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland and the District Court of Maryland for Montgomery County; serious traffic and criminal law defense in the Circuit Courts for Montgomery County and Prince George’s County, Maryland, and the District Courts for Montgomery County, Prince George’s County, Howard County and Frederick County; Representing and counseling clients in Family Law Cases; Security Clearance Hearings before the Department of Defense in Virginia and Maryland; and practice before the Office of Administrative Hearings in Maryland; and Court Appointed Work in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, including Trustee Work and Best Interest Attorney Work.

Merkin, Jacobs & Gritz, P.C., 2003-2004 and Merkin & Gritz, P.C., 2001-2003, Partner, Involved in the same general practice as listed above.

Law Offices of Mallon A. Snyder, Chtd., 1999-2001, Associate Attorney, practice focused on insurance defense of Erie Insurance Company, several jury trials in less than 2 years; serious traffic and criminal defense; commercial litigation; and motions practice.

Law Offices of Samuel M. Shapiro, P.A., 1992-1999, Associate Attorney, practiced exclusively focused on Plaintiff’s Personal Injury with focus on litigation against the District of Columbia; prisoners’ rights works at the Lorton Reformatory and D.C. Jail; Police Brutality Litigation; class actions; medical malpractice; major jury trials; appellate work and motions practice, exclusively within the District of Columbia.

Biography: Maryland State Bar Association, Member, 1993-present; Chairman, Maryland State Bar Association Young Lawyers Section, 2000-2001; Treasurer, 1998-1999; Member Executive Committee of Board of Governors, Maryland State Bar Association, 2000-2001; Board of Governors, 2000-2001; 2001-2003; Maryland Bar Foundation Fellow 2003-present; Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland, Treasurer, 2004-present; Board of Directors, 2000-2001, 2003-present; Committee to Retain the Sitting Judges for Montgomery County, Maryland, Executive Committee 2002-present, Treasurer 2007- present; Bar Association of Montgomery County, Maryland, Member, 1993-present, Executive Committee, 2017 – 2019; Chair, Circuit Court Bench-Bar Committee, 2008-present; BAMC Chair-Person of the Year, 2010-2011 and 2014-2015; District of Columbia Bar Association, Member 1992-present; DRI member 2007 – present; Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys Association, Member, 2003-present; Panel Member/Guest Judge University of District of Columbia School of Law Moot Court Class 2007-2012; USA Swimming Official – 2007 to present; Nations Capital Swim Club Chair of Officials 2013 to present; Nations Capital Swim Club 2013-2014 Volunteer of the Year.

District of Columbia – 11/1992

Maryland – 12/1993

United States District Court for the District of Maryland – 1994

United States District Court for the District of Columbia – 1996

Law School: University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1992.

College: University of Maryland at College Park, B.A., Government and Politics, 1988.

Super Lawyers District of Columbia and Maryland – 2011 – present

Bar Association Montgomery County, Maryland Chair-Person of the Year, 2010-2011 and 2014-2015;

Nations Capital Swim Club 2013-2014 Volunteer of the Year.

Maryland State Bar Association

Bar Association of Montgomery County, Maryland

District of Columbia Bar Association

Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys Association