Background
Merrill, David J. was born on September 13, 1970 in Louisiana Mesa, California, United States.
Merrill, David J. was born on September 13, 1970 in Louisiana Mesa, California, United States.
University of California at Irvine (Bachelor of Arts, 1992). Pepperdine University School of Law (Juris Doctor, 1996).
Worked at Lionel Sawyer & Collins (Las Vegas, Nevada) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Administrative Law, Bankruptcy, Health Care, Hotel and Resort Law, Real Estate and Construction, Financial Services, Mining, Probate, Labor Taxation, Natural Resource and Environmental Law, Public Utilities, Land Use Planning and Zoning and Gaming Law. Intellectual Property Law, Immigration Law.
Admitted to the bar, 1996, Nevada.
Business Editor, Pepperdine Law Review, 1995-1996. Certificate: Pepperdine University Institute for Dispute Resolution.
Author: Comment, "Compassion Foreign Addicts Or Government Sanctioned Drug Use?: An Overview of the Needle Exchange Controversy," 23 Pepp. L. Review 939 (1996). Member: Clark County and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of Nevada.
The firm was founded in 1967 by Las Vegas litigator Sam Lionel and former Nevada Governor Grant Sawyer, now deceased. With the addition of former Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice Jon Collins, now deceased, the firm adopted its current name. The firm grew to become the largest private law firm in Nevada.
Today the firm provides fully-staffed offices in Las Vegas and Reno, serving Nevada, national and international clients.
Member: Clark County and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Nevada.