<p>Amber Merl is a trial lawyer focusing on litigation in state and federal courts. Her experience includes commercial cases, constitutional matters, contract disputes, regulatory matters, and complex appeals. Amber has experience throughout the various stages of the litigation process, including managing electronic discovery, taking and defending depositions, and arguing discovery and dispositive motions. She also has assisted in the drafting of pleadings, discovery requests and responses, discovery motions, dispositive motions, and appellate briefs. Amber routinely defends a major credit reporting agency against claims brought under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. She has routinely obtained favorable results through settlements, mediations, and dispositive motion practice.
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Amber also maintains an active pro bono practice. She recently represented an inmate in a Section 1983 action to recover damages under the Eighth Amendment. Additionally, she successfully briefed an appeal to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals involving complex sentencing issues in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Blakely v. Washington.