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Mr. Alex Richard Merritt

DeWoskin Law Firm LLC


Alex Merritt is a partner at the DeWoskin Law Firm in Decatur, Georgia. His practice focuses primarily on plaintiff's personal injury cases. He joined the firm in 2015 after several years of prosecuting felony criminal cases on behalf of the DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office where he prosecuted hundreds of felony cases, including murders, armed robberies, child molestations, domestic violence cases, and drug trafficking cases, among others.

Alex is an active member of the DeKalb Bar Association and the Lawyers Club of Atlanta. He volunteers his time in DeKalb County training students to become skilled attorneys. To that end, Alex volunteers annually as a faculty member at the Emory University School of Law Kessler-Eidson Program for Trial Techniques. He has previously volunteered his time as a coach for the Decatur High School mock trial team and as a judge at the Thomas Tang Moot Court Competition held annually at the DeKalb County Courthouse.