George Merritts, Esq. is the principal of The Law Offices of George Merritts and an experienced Long Island, Nassau County, New York attorney based in Garden City, New York. He opened his law practice in 2004 with an eye towards delivering personal, high level service for his clients.

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Mr. Merritts completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Rochester, his graduate studies at Villanova University and his Juris Doctorate at Western New England College School of Law. 

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Following law school, he served as the Law Clerk for the Honorable June Strelecki and the Honorable F. Michael Giles, Justices of the Superior Court of the State of New Jersey, Civil Division. He also served as General Counsel for a large temporary technical staffing company for three years. He is a member of the American Staffing Association and Nassau County Bar Association where he is member of the Labor and Employment, Commercial Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Litigation, Attorney-Accountant and Corporate Law Committees. His accomplishments include:

 

Quoted in Long Island Herald, March 21, 2019, “Local lawyer addresses business partnership pitfalls”

 

Presenter, Freeport Memorial Public Library, February 21, 2019, “Common Pitfalls in Buy-Sell Agreements”

 

Presenter, Freeport Memorial Public Library, October 17, 2017, “Before You Sign that Contract”

 

In The Matter of Omnipop, Inc., 68 A.D.3d 1575, 891 N.Y.S.2d 717 (3rd Dept. 2009)

 

Former speaker for BNI International local chapter on legal topics including responding to New York State Department of Labor investigations, the importance of buy-sell agreements, developing commercial and employment litigation strategies, and managing contract and employment liability, 2004-2012

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Former presenter for the Long Island Practice Group of the Association of Corporate Counsel on "Responding to Federal Department of Labor Wage and Hour Investigations", 2013

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Former speaker for the National Technical Services Association on legal topics including contract negotiation, contract analysis, employment law, sexual harassment, contract risk management and co-employment liability, 1999-2000

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Contributor to the “NTSA Recruiter and Salesperson’s Manual for Legal Issues Arising in the Temporary Technical Staffing Industry”, © 1998 National Technical Services Association