Biographic Summary
Founder and Partner, Matt Mercer, represents a variety of clients, including small business owners, entrepreneurs, creditors, materialmen, multi-state corporations, homeowners, landlords, consumers, and individuals, with a variety of legal needs. Mr. Mercer has both jury and bench trial experience and has successfully tried and won court cases in several states. He has over two decades of experience representing clients in trials and on contract law & business law matters. Mr. Mercer passed the Bar Exam in 4 states and has been continuously practicing law and trying cases for over 22 years.
Matt Mercer has a great deal of experience drafting contracts for various businesses across many different industries and has negotiated contract terms and conditions, business sale deals, and legal matters for many years. As an attorney representing businesses in commercial collection cases, he has recovered millions upon millions of dollars for clients in cash and property.
For over 5 continuous years, now, he has been the radio show host of Matt Mercer LIVE! on NEWS 104.5 WOKV FM, broadcasting in 100,000 watts from the Cox Media Group studios in Jacksonville, Florida. He continues to host the hour-long radio show on WOKV here in 2024. Starting back in 2009 and continuing for over 4 years, Matt hosted the Friday morning radio show, "The Matt Mercer Show - Helping You Make Sense Out of the Law," broadcast locally on both AM and FM stations. From 2013 to 2015, he hosted Matt Mercer LIVE! on AM600 The Answer (WBOB) and 100.3 FM, out of Jacksonville, Florida.
Matt Mercer previously served as an adjunct faculty member at Flagler College Business School teaching Business Law (a student Mr. Mercer selected as Top Student in his Business Law course for a particular semester later went on to appear on the nationally-syndicated gameshow, Jeopardy! starring Alex Trebek). Matt served on the Board of Governors of St. Johns Academy Private School and served as its president from 2016-2017. He is regularly asked to serve as Mock Trial Judge, presiding over legal cases put on by students acting as lawyers and witnesses, using the state high school mock trial curriculum. Matt also serves as judge over student Debate competitions.
Matt is an aviation enthusiast and VFR-rated airplane pilot. He loves Tesla automobiles, is a Christian and regularly attends church where he taught Sunday school for over four years.
Licensed and Admitted to Practice Law Before:
All state courts in Florida
The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
The United States Court of Appeal for the Eleventh Federal Circuit
Education:
Juris Doctor (2001), Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville
Cum Laude, graduating December 2001 in top 17% of law school class
Law Review Author (published & awarded Best Note, Honorable Mention)
Chair, Law School Honor Council
Law School 'Book Award' (i.e., highest grade in class) for Contract Law
ABA Negotiation Competition - Midwest Regional Champion (finishing first among competitors from 16 law schools in Midwest region; later finishing 8th in the nation in Philadelphia)
Former Member, Louis D. Brandeis American Inn of Court
Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance, Georgia Southern University
University Judicial Board Member
Chair, University Union Advisory Board
Dean's List
Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
Publications and Presentations:
Law Review Article: Lawyer Advertising on the Internet, 39 Brandeis L.J. 713 (2001)
Co-presenter at the National Business Institute seminar on debt collection, Louisville, KY, 2004
Co-authored seminar manual: How to Get Results in Collection of Delinquent Debts, 2004
Live Lecture on Florida Evidence Law, St. Johns County Bar Association, 2015
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