Mr. Merenstein's appellate practice has included the preparation and editing of hundreds of briefs, supervision of other lawyers' brief drafting, and presentation of dozens of oral arguments in a wide variety of appeals in federal and state court.  His appellate representations have run the full gamut of civil and criminal matters, as well as regulatory, procedural, and jurisdictional issues.  He also has joined trial teams as appellate counsel, handling all motion briefing and argument in the trial court, developing the legal arguments to complement the trial team's presentation of the facts, and taking responsibility for such matters as issue preservation and proposed jury instructions.

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Mr. Merenstein has extensive experience mediating discovery and other protracted disputes, primarily in his frequent role as a court-appointed special master.  He has helped resolve hundreds of discovery disputes in high-stakes and complex cases involving anti-trust, RICO, securities fraud, toxic tort, personal injury, and other claims.  He also has been called upon to mediate contentious attorneys' fee disputes and to oversee non-jury trials.

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Mr. Merenstein's trial practice has included roles as lead counsel and co-lead counsel in civil and criminal matters at both jury and bench trials; second-chair responsibility in many additional jury and bench trials; and briefing and arguing numerous pre-trial and post-trial dispositive motions.

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