Merritt_Peter

Peter H. Merritt

Merritt_Peter

Peter H. Merritt

Associate

Boston + 1 617 526 6381

Peter Merritt focuses his practice on complex litigation matters. He previously was a law clerk to the Honorable Lewis Kaplan of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. 

During law school, he was a legal intern for the Yosemite National Park Legal Office and a member of the law school’s Board of Student Advisers. He previously worked for the National Governors Association and as a corporate legal assistant for another large international law firm in New York. 

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Credentials

  • Education

    • JD, Harvard Law School, 2022

      cum laude Board of Student Advisers Executive Articles Editor, Harvard Law & Policy Review

    • MPhil, Politics, University of Oxford, 2019

      with Distinction Rhodes Scholarship

    • BA, Economics and Political Science, Yale University, 2016

      magna cum laude

  • Admissions

    • Massachusetts

  • Clerkships

    • The Hon. Lewis A. Kaplan, US District Court for the Southern District of New York, 2023 - 2024

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