Position:
Health Lawyer at MartinMerritt PLLC
Work:
MartinMerritt PLLC
- 100 Crescent Court Suite 700 since Feb 2005
Health Lawyer
Khan Merritt
Jan 1992 - Jan 2006
Partner
Education:
University of Mississippi School of Law 1984 - 1986
Juris Doctor, Law
Skills:
Medical Leases, Medical Litigation, False Claims Act, Defense, Whistleblower, AKS, Medical Transactions, Stark, Qui Tam, Leases, Litigation, Legal Malpractice, Appeals, Civil Litigation, False Claims, Stark Law, Health Law, Product Liability, Trials, Healthcare, Arbitration, Medical Compliance, Administrative Law, Hearings, Courts, Personal Injury, Trial Practice, Medical Malpractice, Commercial Litigation, Physicians, Depositions, Joint Ventures, Legal Advice, HIPAA, White Collar Criminal Defense, Mediation, Fraud, Wrongful Death, Breach Of Contract, Torts, Business Litigation, Class Actions, Personal Injury Litigation, Public Liability, Automobile Accidents, Toxic Tort, Bad Faith, Insurance Law, Legal Writing, Contract Negotiation
Interests:
His professional liability cases include Tilton v. Richardson, 6 F.3d 683 (10th Cir.1993) cert. denied 114 S.Ct. 925 (1994) Selected by the 191st District Court as the mediator in the Case of Howard Marshal v. Anna Nichole Smith, et al, Cause No. 95-9248 (A libel action alleging Smith’s lawyers slandered the son the of oil billionaire, resulting in a $8.5 million verdict in favor of Marshall.) Martin has defended over a dozen cases involving physicians caught up in federal MDL pharmaceutical product liability cases. He has been asked to serve as special disciplinary counsel, for the State Bar of Texas to handle the trial of legal ethics appeals in district court, as well as arguing legal ethics cases before the 5th Court of Appeals. Medical cases include representation of Scott & White Hospital before the Austin Court of Appeals in the seminal case, Esparza v. Scott & White, 909 S.W.2d 548 (Tex. Civ. App.– Austin 1995.)
Honor & Awards:
Special Disciplinary Counsel, State Bar of Texas; Board of Directors, Dallas Trial Lawyers Association; MCLE lecturer on Litigation, Author, "Texas Motion Practice Handbook" 1600 pp, II vols. , Knowles Publishing Co. (updated annually 1994-2006)
