Merritt S. Deitz Jr.

Public Policy, Mediation
101 First Street, P.O. Box 21
Henderson, Kentucky 42420


Public Policy

Admitted

1965, Kentucky; 1967, U.S. Tax Court, 1976, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School

George Washington University, J.D., 1965; University of Virginia, L.L.M., 1982

Law School Graduation Year

1982

College

University of Kentucky, A.B., in Journalism, 1961

Memberships

Kentucky Bar Association (Founder, Bankruptcy Law Section).

Biographical

Order of the Coif. Editor, George Washington Law Review, 1964-1965. Counsel to Governor, Kentucky, 1968-1969. Commissioner of Economic Security, Kentucky, 1969-1971. Judge, 1977-1987 and Chief Judge, 1984-1987, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Kentucky. Member, Editorial Advisory Board, American Bankruptcy Law Journal, 1994-1997.

Military

With U.S. Marine Corps., 1955-1959