Background
Merz, Michael was born on March 29, 1945 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Robert Louis and Hazel Merz.
Merz, Michael was born on March 29, 1945 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Robert Louis and Hazel Merz.
AB cum laude, Harvard University, 1967. Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1970.
Associate, Smith & Schnacke, Dayton, Ohio., 1970-1975; partner, Smith & Schnacke, Dayton, Ohio., 1976-1977; judge, Dayton Municipal Court, 1977-1984; magistrate, United States District Court (southern district) Ohio, since 1984. Adjunct Professor U. Dayton Law School, since 1979. Member rules advising committee Ohio Supreme Court, 1989-1996.
Board directors United Way, Dayton, 1981-1995. Trustee Dayton Metro Library., since 1991, Montgomery County History Society, since 1995, Ohio Library. Council, 1997-2000; pastoral council, Cincinnati Archdiocese.
Member national review board United States Conference Catholic Bishops, since 2004. Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, American Judicature Society, Federal Magistrate Judges Association (trustee 1997-2000), Ohio State Bar Association (chair Federal Courts Committee, since 2003), Dayton Bar Association.
Married Marguerite Logan LeBreton, September 7, 1968. Children: Peter Henry, Nicholas George.