Practice Areas - Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Traumatic/Anoxic Brain Injuries
- Offshore/Oil Rig/Supply Boat Injuries
- Back and Spinal Cord Injuries
- Jones Act / Unseaworthiness Claims
- Seaman's Claims
- Recreational Boating/Diving Injuries/Personal Watercraft Claims
- Workers' Compensation
- Career-Ending Injuries
- Catastrophic Personal Injuries
- Wrongful Death
- Tug Boat & Barge Accidents
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- Cruise Ship Assaults
- Cruise Ship Injuries
- Commercial Fishing Injuries
- Passenger Injuries
- Federal Tort Claims Act Claims
- Special Needs Trusts and Medicare Set-Asides
- Truck Accidents
- BP Commercial/Business Claims
- Mediation
- Shipyard, Dock & Pier Accidents
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| Contact Info | Telephone: 850-916-9645
Fax: 850-916-9787
http://www.mertinglaw.com
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| University | Florida State University, A.B. cum laude, 1965 |
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| Law School | University of Virginia, J.D., 1970, replaced LL.B., conferred, 1968 |
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| Admitted | 1968, Florida; 1969, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida; 1989, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama |
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| Memberships | Escambia/Santa Rosa Bar Association (Past Chairman, Inter-Professional Relations Committee); The Florida Bar (Member: Trial Lawyers and Admiralty Law Committee); American Association for Justice (formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America) (Stalwart Member; Sustaining Member); Florida Justice Association (formerly Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers) (Sustaining Member); Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute (Director, 1985-1987, 1989-1995; Treasurer, 2002; Secretary, 2003; Vice-Chairman, 2004; Chairman, 2005; Chairman, Advisory Council 2007-); Maritime Law Association of the United States (Proctor in Admiralty, 1989—); Academy of Trial Advocacy (formerly Academy of Catastrophic Injury Attorneys). |
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| Born | Pensacola, Florida |
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| Biography | Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Florida State Gold Key. Student Body President, 1964-1965. Rhodes Scholar Nominee. Recipient, The Florida Bar President's Pro Bono Service Award, 2000. Named - Florida Super Lawyers, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010. Trustee, Community Maritime Park Associates, Inc. Named - Martindale Hubbell's Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers(TM). Editor, Virginia Law Weekly, 1967-1968. Author: "Cross-Examination of Medical Experts" and "Handling Accident Cases," Albert Averbach, 1993 Supplement; "Update on Handling Federal Tort Claims," Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Breckenridge, Colorado, 1994; "Structured Settlements," Annual Seminar - Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute, Savannah, Georgia, 1995; "Admiralty Law and Marine Insurance Considerations for Plaintiff Attorneys," Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers Seminar (n/k/a Florida Justice Association), 1997; "Maritime Law Update," Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers (n/k/a Florida Justice Association), 2001; "Medicare Set-Aside Requirements: What You Must Know (And Do) Before You Settle," Annual Seminar - Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute, 2003; "The Dreaded Medicare Lien on Admiralty and Maritime Settlements," Association of Trial Lawyers of America (n/k/a American Association for Justice), 2005; "Navigating in the Treacherous Waters of Medicare Liens (Secondary Payer Issues) and Medicare Set-Asides in Maritime Claims," Annual Seminar - Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute, 2009; "Navigating in the Treacherous Waters of Medicare Liens (Secondary Payer Issues) and Medicare Set-Asides," Advanced Workers' Compensation Seminar - Sterling Education Services, 2010; "Navigating in the Swill of the BP Spill of Medicare Liens (Secondary Payer Issues) and Medicare Set-Asides in Maritime Liability Claims," Annual Seminar - Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute, 2010; "Medicare Set-Asides in Liability Cases from the Perspective of a Plaintiff's Attorney," Tulane Law School's Admiralty Law Institute, 2011. (Board Certified Admiralty and Maritime Law Attorney, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education)
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| ISLN | 904844175 |
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