Robert Mercer - Atlanta, GA

Overview

Awards and Honors

Super Lawyers® Selectees

About Awards

Martindale Peer Awards

Martindale Peer Awards

Martindale Peer awards recognize the legal ability and ethical standards of an attorney as affirmed by their peers. The awards require a minimum threshold of qualifying Martindale-Hubbell reviews from fellow attorneys.

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  AV Preeminent®: This elite award is granted to attorneys who have been recognized by their peers for their very high ethical standards, with an average peer review score of 4.5 or higher.

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  Distinguished: This award is granted to attorneys who have been recognized by their peers for very high ethical standards, with an average peer review score of 3.0 to 4.4.

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  Notable: This award is granted to attorneys who have been reviewed by their peers, with an average peer review score below 3.0.

Client Champion Awards

Client Champion Awards

Client Champion awards recognize those attorneys who excel at service as affirmed by their clients. The awards, based on the quantity and quality of an attorney’s Martindale-Hubbell client reviews, demonstrate an ongoing commitment to delivering excellent client service.

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  Platinum: This award is granted to attorneys who have received at least 10 client reviews, and have an average review score of 4.5 or higher.

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  Gold: This award is granted to attorneys who have received at least 6 client reviews, and have an average review score of 4.2 or higher.

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  Silver: This award is granted to attorneys who have received at least 3 client reviews, and have an average review score of 4.0 or higher.

Avvo Awards

Avvo Awards

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  Avvo Top Contributor: This award is granted to attorneys who have significantly contributed to Avvo.com by answering questions in the Q&A forum, publishing legal guides, or other meaningful contributions to the Avvo community.

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  Avvo Client’s Choice: This award is granted to attorneys with at least 5 reviews with 4+ stars in a given year on Avvo.com.

Super Lawyers® Selections

Super Lawyers® Selections

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  Super Lawyers® is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The top 5% of lawyers in each state are selected using a patented selection process that includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations.

Martindale Peer Awards Client Champion Awards Avvo Awards Super Lawyers® Selections

Martindale Peer Awards

Martindale Peer awards recognize the legal ability and ethical standards of an attorney as affirmed by their peers. The awards require a minimum threshold of qualifying Martindale-Hubbell reviews from fellow attorneys.

• 

  AV Preeminent®: This elite award is granted to attorneys who have been recognized by their peers for their very high ethical standards, with an average peer review score of 4.5 or higher.

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  Distinguished: This award is granted to attorneys who have been recognized by their peers for very high ethical standards, with an average peer review score of 3.0 to 4.4.

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  Notable: This award is granted to attorneys who have been reviewed by their peers, with an average peer review score below 3.0.

Client Champion Awards

Client Champion awards recognize those attorneys who excel at service as affirmed by their clients. The awards, based on the quantity and quality of an attorney’s Martindale-Hubbell client reviews, demonstrate an ongoing commitment to delivering excellent client service.

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  Platinum: This award is granted to attorneys who have received at least 10 client reviews, and have an average review score of 4.5 or higher.

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  Gold: This award is granted to attorneys who have received at least 6 client reviews, and have an average review score of 4.2 or higher.

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  Silver: This award is granted to attorneys who have received at least 3 client reviews, and have an average review score of 4.0 or higher.

Avvo Awards

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  Avvo Top Contributor: This award is granted to attorneys who have significantly contributed to Avvo.com by answering questions in the Q&A forum, publishing legal guides, or other meaningful contributions to the Avvo community.

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  Avvo Client’s Choice: This award is granted to attorneys with at least 5 reviews with 4+ stars in a given year on Avvo.com.

Super Lawyers® Selections

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  Super Lawyers® is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The top 5% of lawyers in each state are selected using a patented selection process that includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations.

Robert Mercer included in a Super Lawyers® list

Education

Classes and Seminars

• "The Ship is Sinking: Steps to Keep Yourself Dry,", Powell Goldstein Breakfast Briefing, 2007
  
• "Preferences and Fraudulent Transfers: the Basics and Beyond,", National Association of Credit Management Teleconference, 2007
  
• "Bankruptcy: the Nuts and Bolts for Credit Professionals,", National Association of Credit Management Teleconference, 2007
  
• "Bankruptcy - The Not So Obvious Implications for Matters that Come Up Every Day,", Credit Congress, 2007
  
• "Bankruptcy Litigation for the Non-Bankruptcy Lawyer,", ICLE of Georgia's Advanced Debt Collection Seminar, 2007
  
• "Unsecured Creditors' Committees: The Nuts and Bolts and Changes in the Law,", Lorman Seminar, 2006
  
• "What Credit Professionals Should Know About Escheatment and Unclaimed Property Statutes,", National Association of Credit Management Southeast, 2006
  
• "Bankruptcy Code Amendments Affecting Commercial Real Estate,", Lorman Seminar, 2006
  
• "Legal Strategies for Credit Professionals to Help Ensure Payment,", National Association of Credit Management Southeast, 2006
  
• "The Revisions to the Bankruptcy Code: What You Need to Know To Evaluate a Borrower,", National Funding Association, 2006
  
• "Knowing the Changing Rules of the Road with Insolvent Clients: How to Get (and Stay Paid) and Avoid Getting Sued as well as Understanding the Implications of Your Client's Actions,", Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants, Atlanta Chapter, 2006
  
• "What Every Lawyer Should Know about the Sale of a Distressed Technology Company,", The Georgia Bar's Technology Section's Quarterly Meeting, 2006
  
• "What Financial Executives Should Know About Corporate Financial Distress -- the Do's and Don'ts for You and Your Company,", Financial Executives Networking Group Quarterly Meeting, 2006
  
• "Everything You Need to Know to Get (and Stay) Paid,", "Everything You Need to Know to Get (and Stay) Paid,", 2006
  
• "Personal Liability for Officers When a Company Approaches or Enters the Zone of Insolvency,", Tatum Partners, 2006
  
• "Bankruptcy: the Basics and Beyond,", National Association of Credit Management Southeast Teleconference, 2006
  
• "The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005: What Corporate Counsel Should Know About Its Effect on Business Bankruptcy Cases,", Corporate Counsel Institute, 2005
  
• "Representing Insolvent Entities,", Mercer Law School, 2004
  
• "Seven Things All Lawyers Should Know About Technology and IP in Bankruptcy,", Technology Law Section of the Georgia Bar CLE, 2004
  
• "Letters of Credit and Tenant Bankruptcies: Drafting Tips for Landlord's Counsel,", Real Property Law Section of the Georgia Bar CLE, 2004
  
• "Nuts and Bolts of Proofs of Claim," and "Selected Automatic Stay Issues,", 15th Annual Bankruptcy at the Beach Seminar, Alabama State Bar Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section, 2002

Published Works

Articles

• "Five Good - But Often Overlooked - Preference Defenses, Business Credit,", National Association of Credit Management, May, 2006
  
• "Letters of Credit and Tenant Bankruptcies: Drafting Tips for Landlord's Counsel,", Real Estate Finance Journal, Winter, 2006
  
• "Non-Debtor Transfers May Qualify for §1146(c) Exemption,", American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, Volume XXIV, No. 1, February, 2005
  
• "Think that Your Licensee Client's Rights under Section 365(n) of the Bankruptcy Code Are Safe? Think Again!,", Technology Law Section Newsletter, State Bar of Georgia, Winter, 2004
  
• "Do Bank Directors Face Additional Risk in Personal Bankruptcy?,", Community Bank Director, May/June, 2004
  
• "Drafting Tips to Help Protect Licensee Rights in the Event of a Licensor Bankruptcy,", State Bar of Georgia's Technology Law Section Newsletter, Fall, 2003

Bar Admissions

• Alabama, 2000
• Georgia, 1996

Other Affiliations

• American Bankruptcy Institute
• Atlanta Bar Association – Bankruptcy Section
• Atlanta Bar Association – Bankruptcy Section
• Georgia Bar – Technology Law Section, Executive Committee
• Turnaround Management Association