Mark Merrell | phone | 713-752-0017 877-752-2477 |
| fax | 713-752-0327 |
| mmerrell@sjgolaw.com | |
Mark is a native of the Houston area, having grown up in Texas City, Texas before finishing high school in Katy, Texas. Mark attended Texas A&M University, where he graduated summa cum laude in May 2002 with a Bachelor of Science in Political Science. Following college, Mark attended the University of Chicago Law School. While in law school, Mark served in the law school’s Appellate Advocacy Clinic, where he briefed and argued an appeal before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, under the supervision of former D.C. Circuit Judge Abner Mikva.
Following graduation from law school, Mark worked for five years as an associate with Andrews Kurth LLP. Mark practiced in the firm’s public law litigation section, where he focused primarily on the representation of governmental entities and landowners in condemnation litigation. In addition to his eminent domain practice, Mark has significant experience in many other types of litigation, including real estate title disputes and landlord-tenant disputes. As an associate with Schwartz, Junell, Greenberg & Oathout, Mark’s practice focuses on all aspects of commercial litigation.
- Areas of Practice:
- Litigation
- Bar Admissions:
- Texas, 2005
- Education:
- University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois,
2005
J.D. - Texas A&M University, Texas,
2002
B.S.
Honors: Summa Cum Laude
Major: Politicial Science
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Houston Bar Association
- Texas Bar Association
- Past Employment Positions:
- Andrew Kurth LLP , 2005 - 2011



