Law and the Heart: A Practical Guide for Successful Lawyer/Client Relationships

A provocative book about the need for the legal profession to connect with the heart. Must reading for lawyers, law students, paralegals, their clients and anyone interested in a more humane approach to the legal process. Reading this book will result in healthier legal relationships.

Merit graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1969. He received a Masters Degree from the University of Colorado in 1972 and a Juris Doctor Degree from the Washington College of Law at The American University in Washington, D.C., in 1975. He practiced law in Colorado from 1975 until he moved to New Mexico in 1986. His professional career has included the practice of criminal law, corporation and partnership law, contract and real estate law, family law, estate planning and commercial and personal injury litigation. He is an experienced trial lawyer and handles cases in State and Federal courts. Merit is now practicing in Santa Fe in the fields of personal injury and professional malpractice, with an emphasis on sexual abuse litigation.