
Michael Merar
Practice Areas
Education
- The University of Michigan (B.A., April 2012, with distinction)
- Emory University School of Law (J.D., May 2015)
Admitted to Practice
- State Bar of Texas
- State Bar of Georgia
- U.S. District Court for the Northern, Western, Eastern, and Southern Districts of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Georgia
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Focus of Practice
- Commercial litigation
- Financial litigation
- Construction litigation
Affiliations and Memberships
- Member of Texas Bar
- Member of Georgia Bar
- Active in Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dallas
Practice Description
Mike Merar is an experienced litigator who has represented a wide variety of commercial, financial, individual, and other clients in state and federal courts across the country. He currently focuses his practice on consumer financial litigation, representing a national consumer reporting agency in litigation brought under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. In addition to his FCRA work, he also regularly represents lenders and other businesses in complex commercial litigation matters, TCPA arbitrations, and construction litigation cases.
Representative Experience
- Successfully defended class certification action in S.D. Tex. against national consumer reporting agency
- Secured summary judgment for national consumer reporting agency
- Won a Motion to Dismiss for national consumer reporting agency on frivolous claims
Industry News Publications
- Eleventh Circuit Rules Suspicious Does Not Necessarily Mean Willful
- Till Death Do Punitives Part - FCRA Punitive Damages Claim Does Not Survive Death
- Time to Come to Terms: Court Holds Contractual Monthly Payment Terms Not Inaccurate or Misleading
- To Include or to Discharge, That is the Question – E.D. Mich. Rules There is No Difference.
- Carvalho Still King of the Road - BMW MTD Granted on Accuracy Defense
- Eighth Circuit Reverses FCRA Settlement - Standing Must Always be Considered