Background
Merkle, Robert W. was born on June 15, 1944 in Washington, District of Columbia.
Merkle, Robert W. was born on June 15, 1944 in Washington, District of Columbia.
University of Notre Dame (Bachelor of Arts, 1968. Juris Doctor 1971).
Worked at Law Offices of, Merkle & Magri, P.A. (Tampa, Florida) specializing in Criminal, Civil Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1971, Florida and United States. Supreme Court; 1991, United States.
District Court, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida and United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Member, National Association of Former United States.
Attorneys, 1989. Lecturer, "Coping with the Insanity Defense," Prosecutors" Seminar, Continuing Legal Education, Fall Conference, 1979.
Author: "At Issue - Are Prosecutors Invading the Attorney-Client Relationship?" American Bar Association Journal, The Lawyers Magazine, Volume 71, 1985. "Virtue and Vigilance are the Price of Liberty," The Fall Police Chiefs Magazine, Volume 13, Number.
9, 1987. United States. Attorney, Middle District of Florida, 1982-1988.
Member: Clearwater and Hillsborough County Bar Associations.
The Florida Bar. Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit. Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.
National Academy of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Member, National Association of Former United States. Attorneys, 1989. Lecturer, "Coping with the Insanity Defense," Prosecutors" Seminar, Continuing Legal Education, Fall Conference, 1979.