Practice Focus
Merritt Schnipper is an associate in the firm’s Litigation Practice Group. He focuses his practice in the area of general commercial litigation.
Merritt worked as a judicial intern for U.S. District Court Judge Michael A. Ponsor in Springfield, Mass., and as a legal intern with the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts.
Professional Activities
Merritt argued in every round of the 2009 August A. Rendigs National Products Liability Moot Court Competition, assisting his team to a first-place win and the 2009 national championship.
Merritt served as Note editor of the Western New England Law Review and was awarded the Benjamin D. Novak Award by the law school faculty for producing the year’s outstanding student law review article.
Merritt also received the Norman Prance Award, given by the faculty to the student who provided the greatest contribution to the academic life of the law school.
Community Involvement
Merritt served as a member of the Wardsboro [Vt.] Planning Commission for two years.
Prior to joining DRM, Merritt worked for ten years as a professional sculptor and metal fabricator. During this time he operated a small bronze foundry near his former home on Cape Cod, Mass., as well as a steel fabrication studio in Vermont. Merritt has worked as a studio assistant for sculptors John Kearney of Chicago and Bill Barrett of Santa Fe, N.M., and has cast, fabricated and installed numerous monumental works. His own work is represented in numerous collections throughout New England and has been displayed in galleries and museums throughout the region.
Publications/Presentations
Federal Indian Law—Ambiguous Abrogation: The First Circuit Strips the Narragansett Indian Tribe of its Sovereign Immunity, New England Law Review, Volume 31, Issue 1, 2009
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