Robert J Merriken

I have been practicing law since 1988. My primary practice areas include general and commercial civil litigation, personal injury, products liability, real estate matters, representation of clients in small business matters, and transactional work. I am currently serving as the Town Attorney for the Town of Hurlock, Maryland, and as legal counsel for the Caroline County Board of Zoning Appeals in Maryland.

I was born in Annapolis, Maryland, and I graduated from St. Michaels High School in St. Michaels, Maryland. Following high school, I served in the United States Coast Guard for four years and then the United States Coast Guard Reserve for another eleven years. I obtained my undergraduate degree from Salisbury State College, Maryland, magna cum laude, in 1984 and my J.D. (law degree) in 1988 from the University of Maryland School of Law in Baltimore, Maryland.

I am a member of the Maryland Bar, the District of Columbia Bar, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. I am a member of the Talbot County Bar Association, the Maryland State Bar Association, and a past member of the Caroline County Bar Association. I am a past President of the Talbot County Bar Association. I have also served as a Trustee to the Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers, Inc. when that organization was in existence.

My wife and I live in Oaklands, a community located just outside of Easton, Maryland, where I served for a number of years as the President of Oaklands Association, Inc. I am currently serving as a Board Member for Oaklands Association, Inc. In my spare time I enjoy working out at the YMCA of the Chesapeake as well as hunting, fishing, boating, and recreational vehicle camping with friends and family.