Charles M. Merkel Jr - Clarksdale, MS

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Mississippi School of Law, Mississippi, 1966
    Doctor of Jurisprudence
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Honors: 2nd in Class
  • Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1969
    LL.M., Master of Law(s)

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, 1964
    B.A., Bachelor of Arts
    Honors: magna cum laude

Current Employment Position(s)

• Managing Member, since 1982

Past Positions

• Sullivan, Dunbar & Smith
• Holcomb, Dunbar, Connell & Merkel, 1973 - Present

References

• United Southern Bank, Clarksdale, Mississippi

• First National Bank, Clarksdale, Mississippi

Classes and Seminars

• Lecturer, Trial Technique and Advocacy, Mississippi State Bar
  
• Lecturer, Trial Technique and Advocacy, Mississippi Association for Justice
  
• Lecturer, Trial Technique and Advocacy, American Board of Trial Advocates

Representative Clients

• Hartford Insurance Company

• United Southern Bank

• Monsanto

• Union Planners Bank, National Association

Representative Cases

• Dunson v. S. A. Allen, Inc.
  • Citation: 355 So.2d 77
  • Court: Miss.
  • Year: 1978
  • Serial Number: 1978112617
• Thornton v. Insurance Co. of North America
  • Citation: 287 So.2d 262
  • Court: Miss.
  • Year: 1973
  • Serial Number: 1973136706
• Canipe v. National Loss Control Service Corp.
  • Citation: 736 F.2d 1055
  • Court: C.A.5 (Miss.)
  • Year: 1984
  • Serial Number: 1984132886
• Fruehauf Corp. v. Trustees of First United Methodist Church
  • Citation: 387 So.2d 106
  • Court: Miss.
  • Year: 1980
  • Serial Number: 1980135423

Bar Admissions

• Mississippi, 1966
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1969
• U.S. Tax Court, 1969
• U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1970
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi

Other Affiliations

• American Board of Trial Advocates, 1983 - Present (Member)
• Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association, 1982 - Present (Member)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1982 - Present (Member)
• Mississippi Bar Association, 1991 - Present (Fellow)
• Board Directors, Lula Rich Educational Foundation, 1983 - 1989
• Academy of Trial Lawyers
• American College of Trial Lawyers (Member)
• Primerus
• American Board of Trial Advocates (President)
• Mississippi Association for Justice (Secretary)
• American Association for Justice, 1982 - Present (Member)

Fraternities and Sororities

• Sigma Chi
• Phi Delta Phi