Background
Merkle, Alan Ray was born on October 14, 1947 in Boise, Idaho, United States. Son of John William and Arlene June (Hawkins) Merkle.
Merkle, Alan Ray was born on October 14, 1947 in Boise, Idaho, United States. Son of John William and Arlene June (Hawkins) Merkle.
University of Idaho (Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, 1970. Master of Business Administration, 1971). Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1982).
Member, Cornelius Honor Society.
Associate Editor, Environmental Law, The Journal of the Lewis and Clark School of Law, 1981-1982. Biographee, Who’s Who in American Law, Professional Engineering License: Washington, 1977.
Oregon, 1979. Idaho, 1979.
Worked at Stoel Rives Limited Liability Partnership (Seattle, Washington) specializing in General Corporate Counsel and Litigation. Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Bankruptcy, Commercial, Construction and Design, Corporate Finance and Securities, Employee Benefits, Energy, Environmental, Estates and Trusts, Financial Institutions, Healthcare, Intellectual Property, International Trade and Transactions, Labor and Employment, Mergers and Acquisitions, Natural Resources, Real Estate and Land Use, Reorganizations and Workouts, Taxation, Technology, White Collar Criminal Law. Admitted to the bar, 1983, Oregon and Washington.
Professional Engineering License: Washington, 1977.
Oregon, 1979; Idaho, 1979. In 1987, the 140-attorney Portland law firm of Stoel Rives Boley Fraser & Wyse merged with the 45-lawyer Seattle firm of Jones Grey & Bayley to create Stoel Rives Boley Jones & Grey.
Both firms boast of more than 80 years of service to clients. The firm has since opened offices in Boise, Idaho (1991) and Salt Lake City, Utah (1992).
Stoel Rives provides comprehensive representation to public, private, domestic and international businesses of all sizes.
The firm changed its name to Stoel Rives in 1995.
Washington State (Member, Sections of: Public Procurement and Private Construction. Litigation); Federal Energy and American (Member, Sections of: Public Contract Law. Litigation: Member, Forum Committee on the Construction Industry) Bar Associations.
Oregon State Bar (Member, Sections of: Construction Law.
Litigation). Construction and Design Law, Government Contracts and Utility Matters.
Married Diane M. Martin, June 15, 1973 (divorced 1978). Married Linda Jo Todd, March 15, 1980. Children: Amanda, Lindsay.