John L. Mericle

John L. Mericle has joined Lane Powell as Counsel to Firm in the Firm’s Business Department.  Mericle has more than 41 years of experience counseling clients with regard to securities regulation.  He has served as an expert witness and testified with regard to matters of U.S. securities law before the Supreme Court of British Columbia and the British Columbia Securities Commission, as well as in actions filed with federal and Washington state courts in the United States.  He also regularly speaks at securities law seminars in the U.S. and Canada.  Prior to joining Lane Powell, Mericle was a member of Harris, Mericle & Wakayama, PLLC, which he co-founded in 1981.

Mericle received his J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin School of Law and his B.A., with honors, in Government from the University of Texas at Austin.

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