Columbus, Ohio, United States
https://www.perezmorris.com/attorneys/ashley-merino/
• Conduct and defend depositions of parties and witnesses; propound and respond to written discovery. • Manage cases from commencement of litigation through settlement; negotiate and settle cases on behalf of clients; conduct new client interviews. • Provide litigation support to the Partners. • Counsel for the Plaintiff in a six-day jury trial before Magistrate Jennifer Hunt, Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
• Drafted pleadings, discovery, memorandums, and settlement demand letters. • Argued Appeal before the Court of Appeals, Tenth Appellate District. • Conducted research both legal and factual, prepared motions and memoranda of law.
• Prepared discovery responses and other trial preparation materials for prosecutors. Worked twenty hours per week over four semesters of law school and forty hours per week over the summer. • Argued a Motion to Suppress in the Court of Common Pleas, which was granted by the Hon. Judge Stephen McIntosh. • Regularly drafted numerous motions on behalf of prosecutors involving Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment issues; Drafted sentencing memorandum for a highly-publicized aggravated murder case, which contributed to the Judge’s decision to issue a sentence of forty-five years to life