Eric A. Mertz

Eric A. Mertz graduated from Ohio State University with a B.A. in 1976 and from the University of Toledo Law School in 1979. He has been on the Board of Trustees for the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers since 1991.

A life long resident of Northwest Ohio, Mr. Mertz maintains a general practice of law with emphasis on personal injury litigation (including insurance claims and death claims) and family law (including divorce and child custody cases). He is Board Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. NBTA has been approved by the Supreme Court Commission on Certification of Attorneys as Specialists in the State of Ohio.

Eric A. Mertz was born in Defiance Ohio, July 24, 1954. Mr. Mertz was admitted to the bar in 1979, Ohio.

Preparatory education: The Ohio Sate University (B.A., 1976).

Legal Education: The University of Toledo J.D. 1979). Board Certified, Civil Trial Specialist, National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Lecturer: "Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Law," Insurance Law Seminar, 1985, "Pain & Suffering - Proving What the Jury Cannot See," OATL Regional Seminar, 1988; "Tort Law Update," OATL Regional Seminar, 1989, "Liability for Recreational Torts," OATL Seminar, 1991; "Closing Statement," Family Law Seminar, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1992; "Opening Statement," OATL Regional Seminar, 1997.

Author and Lecturer: "Defending the Drunken Driver," OATL Criminal Law Seminar, 1982. "Direct Examination," OATL Regional Seminars, 1998.

Author: "Strategies in Defending the Drinking Driver," Ohio Northern Law Review, 1985.

Member: Defiance County (Treasurer, 1993; President, 1995), Northwest Ohio, Ohio State (Committees: Family Law; Negligence Law) and American (Litigation Section) Bar Associations; The Ohio Association for Justice (OAJ) (Board of Trustees, 1991-; Chairman, Criminal Law Section, 1991-92; Co-Chairman, Regional Seminars, 1993; Chairman, 1994); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Litigation Section). Litigatoins; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Family Law.