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| Born: |
Huntington, West Virginia |
| Raised: |
Hurricane, West Virginia |
| Education: |
BSOE (Corporate Training and Development): Wayland Baptist University
BSOE (Human Services and Social Welfare): Wayland Baptist University
Minor (Management Information Systems): Wayland Baptist University
Master Practitioner, Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP)
MA (Professional Communication): University of Alaska, Fairbanks |
| Associations: |
American Association of Trial Consultants (ASTC) - Member
American Association For Justice (AAJ) - Paralegal Associate;
Fairbanks Association of Legal Assistants (FALA)
National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA)
Society of Neuro-Linguistic Programming - Master Practitioner
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Email: |
lori@merdes.com |
Community Service: |
Alaska Jury Project (Founder)
Slow Down Alaska (Co-founder)
Merdes Kids Club (Co-founder)
Information Technology Continuing Education Instructor
Adjunct Faculty: University of Alaska, Fairbanks
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| Practice Areas: |
Personal Injury
Trial Demonstrative Production
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) - Focus Group / Trial Simulation
Software Application Specialist
Web Resource and Design Specialist
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| Interests: |
My husband, my children, continuing education, decision theory in group
contexts, alternate dispute resolution, yoga, music, reading.
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Favorite Quotes: |
What I do today must be important because the price is high . . . I paid a day
of my life for it. {Anonymous}
Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it. {Ella Williams}
You really can change the world, if you care enough. {Marian Wright Edelman} |
| About Lori: |
Lori is our Office Manager and primary resource for building demonstrative exhibits - the graphics that make our clients' cases come alive to judges and juries. Persuing her dream to make a difference, Lori founded the Alaska Jury Project, in 2001. She also founded and coordinated SlowDownAlaska.org and MerdesKidsClub.org. Lori holds a Master Practitioner certificate in Neuro-Linguistic Programming, weaving its structure throughout her presentations. When she works with clients, Lori ensures that juries see the whole picture, hear the whole truth, feel the entire weight... Our clients are
fortunate to have Lori working their cases. She is who Ward goes to when he is searching for a trial's real story.
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