Michael R. Merz is a Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Judge Merz worked as an associate attorney with Smith & Schnacke in Dayton for five years before becoming partner in 1976. He was appointed a judge in the Dayton Municipal Courts a year later, and became Magistrate Judge in 1984.

Within the legal community, Judge Merz served on the Ohio Supreme Court’s Rules Advisory Committee for seven years and has chaired the Ohio State Bar Association Judicial Administration Committee. He helped found the Carl D. Kessler Inn of Court and has served as a president. He was the Sixth Circuit Trustee of the Federal Magistrate Judges Association from 1998-2000. In addition, Judge Merz is a past chairman of the United Way of Greater Dayton and past president of the Montgomery County Historical Society. He is currently a trustee of the Dayton Metro Library.

He has taught at the University of Dayton School of Law and the Ohio Judicial College since 1979. Judge Merz received the City of Dayton’s Outstanding Service Award in 1982 and was named an Honorary Alumnus by UDSL in 1991.

Courses
LAW 6845 Remedies
LAW 722 Jurisprudence
LAW 745 Judicial Clerkship Externship
LAW 780 Federal Jurisdiction