Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP
Nicholas A. Merkin
Associate | Los Angeles
Nicholas Merkin is an associate in the litigation department of Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP. Mr. Merkin’s practice concentrates on business litigation, as well as community associations and corporate insolvency matters.
Practice Groups
Areas of Practice
Business Litigation
- Commercial and real estate disputes in State, Federal and Bankruptcy Courts, including unlawful detainer matters and prosecution of multi-party construction defect cases
- Commercial and entertainment labor issues, including defense of actions for untimely payment of wages to both discharged employees and resigning employees and payments to employees returned for insufficient funds
- Defense of discriminatory discharge of an employee through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Articles & Reported Decisions
- Co-authored with Leslie Steven Marks, Esq., Wake-Up Call: Construction Defect Statutes of Repose Should Be Interpreted Broadly, Despite the Seeming Restrictions of the Statutory Language, Los Angeles Lawyer (2007)
- Co-authored The Expanding Reach of Substantive Consolidation, written for and presented at the Bankruptcy Law Section, Hawaii State Bar Association Annual Chapter 11 Seminar (2003)
- Getting Rid of Sinners May Be Expensive: A Suggested Approach to Torts Related to Religious Shunning Under the Free Exercise Clause, Note, 34 Colum. J.L. & Soc. Probs. 369 (2001)
Education
- Juris Doctor (2001), Columbia University Law School, New York, New York; served as Managing Editor of the Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems and recognized as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
- Bachelor of Arts in History and Jewish Studies (1996), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; received Bnai Zion/Brith Abraham Award for Excellence in Hebrew Language
Memberships
- Member of the State Bar of California
- Member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association
Honors & Outside Activities
- Mediator for the Los Angeles County Superior Court's Alternative Dispute Resolution Panel
- Created and presented "Power Imbalances in Mediation" at the Progressive Jewish Alliance Mediation Training Seminar (2005)
- Serves on the Executive Board of the Jewish Free Loan Association
- Chairperson of the Bnai David-Judea Congregation Adult Education Committee
- Participant in Project New Ground 2007, a Muslim-Jewish dialogue group sponsored by the Los Angeles Mayor's office, Progressive Jewish Alliance, and the Muslim Public Affairs Council