The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.

03/17/2023

SCHR is thrilled to announce our 2023 Justice Taking Root honorees, Caplan Cobb LLC and The Merchant Law Firm, P.C., whose contributions to our fight for equality, dignity, and justice have had an indelible impact. Read more about these firms' extraordinary contributions here: https://mailchi.mp/schr/meet-our-honorees

03/18/2022

Attorneys John and Ashleigh Merchant provide their commentary on a recent federal lawsuit. Read the blog to see the full article!

Attorneys John and Ashleigh Merchant provide their commentary on a recent federal lawsuit.

10/22/2021

Two new articles regarding the Ahmaud Arbery trial linked in our blog!

Read the full article "Murder trial in Ahmaud Arbery’s killing begins with sparring over questions about race" here on the Washington Post!

09/22/2019

Join our own Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant on MSNBC this morning at 7:10am discussing the legal implications of the recent subpoenas for

12/21/2017

Attorney Ashleigh Merchant of The Merchant Law Firm in Marietta was part of a group of legal professionals who weighed in on proposed changes to Georgia’s Rule 22, which bans or allows recording devices in the courtroom. We discuss what is going on in our blog:

Changes to Rule 22 - when recording in a courtroom is permitted or banned - were reviewed and criticized recently by a collection of legal professionals, including Attorney Ashleigh Merchant of The Merchant Law Firm in Marietta. Visit our blog for details about this ongoing story.

10/24/2017

One of our own, Attorney Ashleigh Merchant, offers her view of the 4-month delay in Georgia attorney Tex McIver’s murder trial. Visit our blog to learn more about the case.

The trial of Georgia attorney Tex McIver, who is accused of murdering his wife, has been delayed until March of 2018. Find out more about the case and discover what Attorney Ashleigh Merchant has to say on our blog.

08/13/2017

http://ashleighlaw.blogspot.com/2017/08/hate-and-evil-exist-when-good-people-do.html

It's always an honor when I get asked to appear on TV to talk about an important legal issue facing our country. The downside is that I hav...

02/23/2017

“You can’t tell his demeanor and tone in a cold transcript. That just doesn’t come across.” stated Marietta Criminal Defense Attorney, Ashleigh Merchant. The Georgia Supreme Court heard arguments whether the public may have access to copies of audio recordings of trails and hearings.

http://www.myajc.com/news/local/justices-consider-public-right-copy-court-recordings/fVampfEtG6x0MvAtFw86KJ/

02/23/2017

Ashleigh and John Merchant sued Douglas Court County Superior Court Judge David Emerson.

http://www.dailyreportonline.com/id=1202779176311?keywords=justices+ponder

Questions were popping Monday at the Georgia Supreme Court where a husband-and-wife law firm were trying to convince the justices that a trial judge had no a...

10/25/2016

10/05/2016

Ashleigh Merchant speaks with WSB-TV about the Ross Harris trial:

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/ross-harris-trial/minute-by-minute-day-2-of-the-ross-harris-hot-car-death-trial/453298632

It’s been more than two years since 22-month-old Cooper Harris died in the back seat of a hot SUV outside a Cobb County office building.

07/19/2016

http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local/charges-against-north-georgia-publisher-and-his-la/nrzzw/?platform=hootsuite

The criminal charges against a Blue Ridge weekly newspaper publisher and his attorney, charges based on their attempts to access public records, were dropped Monday, putting to rest a case that riled media nationwide and stunned the legal community.