Douglas K. Mertz

Background

Mertz, Douglas K. was born on January 1, 1949 in Albany, New York, United States.

Education

Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1971). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, 1974).

Career

Admitted to the bar, 1975, Alaska. 1976, United States. District Court, District of Alaska. 1981, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

1984, United States.

Supreme Court. Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to Chief Justice Jay A. Rabinowitz, Alaska Supreme Court, 1974-1975. Assistant Attorney General, State of Alaska, 1975-1991.

Author: "Oil Spills in Alaska: A Study of the State of Alaska"s Implementation of Oil Spill Laws and Programs," 1991.

"The Legal Relationship between Oil Spill Response Action Contractors and Other Parties to an Oil Spill," 1991. "Oil Spills: An Initial Response Manual for Attorneys General," National Association of Attorneys General, 1990.

Company-Author: "Legal Contingency Planning for Oil Spills," proceedings of the 1985 Oil Spill Conference, American Petroleum Institute, 1985. "The Alaska Historic Preservation Acting and Submerged Cultural Resources," 1983.

Member: Juneau, Alaska and American Bar Associations.

Achievements

• Douglas K. Mertz has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Works

• book

  • The legal relationship between oil spill response action contractors and other parties to an oil spill: A report to the Cook Inlet Regional Citizens' Advisory Committee, No. PROPS 003

• Other Work

  • Author: "Oil Spills in Alaska: A Study of the State of Alaska's Implementation of Oil Spill Laws and Programs," 1991. "The Legal Relationship between Oil Spill Response Action Contractors and Other Parties to an Oil Spill," 1991. "Oil Spills: An Initial Response Manual for Attorneys General," National Association of Attorneys General, 1990.
    
    Co-Author: "Legal Contingency Planning for Oil Spills," proceedings of the 1985 Oil Spill Conference, American Petroleum Institute, 1985. "The Alaska Historic Preservation Act and Submerged Cultural Resources," 1983.

Membership

Member: Juneau, Alaska and American Bar Associations.