Background
Merrifield, Lewis B. was born on October 22, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Merrifield, Lewis B. was born on October 22, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Yale University; University of California at Los Angeles (Bachelor of Arts, 1962). University of Southern California (Juris Doctor, 1966).
Admitted to the bar, 1968, California. Law Alumni Award Scholar, Highest Scholastic Average. Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi.
Associate Editor, University of Southern California Law Review, 1965-1966.
Author: "Making Markets in Shells," 3 Review of Securities Regulation 872, 9/21/70. "National Association of Securities Dealers Guidelines," 3 Review of Securities Regulation 946, 4/3/70.
"Registration Covenants," 3 Review of Securities Regulation 968, 2/18/70. "Revised National Association of Securities Dealers Guidelines," 4 Review of Securities Regulation 963, 3/4/71.
"Private Placement Exemption," 4 Review of Securities Regulation 940, 4/22/71.
"Underwriting Compensation," The Business Lawyer, April, 1971. "Projections in Securities and Exchange Commission Filings," New York Law Journal, December, 1974. "Investigations by The Securities and Exchange Commission," The Business Lawyer, July, 1977.
Law Clerk to Associate Justice William O. Douglas, Supreme Court of the United States, 1966-1967.
Assistant Professor, University of Southern California Law School, 1967-1968. Member: Los Angeles County (Member, Executive Committee, Business and Corporations Law Section, 1971-1976), American (Company-Chairman, Securities Law Committee, Administrative Law Section, 1970-1972.
Member, Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities, Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section, 1972. Chairman, Annual Review of Securities Regulation Subcommittee, 1983-1987) and International (Member, Committee on Securities Issues and Trading, 1971) Bar Associations.
State Bar of California.
American Judicature Society.
Member: Los Angeles County (Member, Executive Committee, Business and Corporations Law Section, 1971-1976), American (Company-Chairman, Securities Law Committee, Administrative Law Section, 1970-1972. Member, Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities, Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section, 1972. Chairman, Annual Review of Securities Regulation Subcommittee, 1983-1987) and International (Member, Committee on Securities Issues and Trading, 1971) Bar Associations.
State Bar of California.
American Judicature Society.