Rebecca Merritt is a member of Motley Rice’s Securities and Consumer Fraud practice group, litigating securities and consumer fraud cases on behalf of institutional investors, government entities and consumers. She also recently began working with the Environmental team on cases involving individuals and businesses in Gulf Coast communities suffering as a result of the BP oil spill.

Prior to joining Motley Rice, Rebecca served as a law clerk to the Honorable William H. Pryor Jr. of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, for whom she focused on appellate advocacy and conducted legal writing and research.

Rebecca earned a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she served as Managing Editor of the Virginia Law Review and was named as a member of The Order of the Coif . Before earning a law degree, she graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Washington and Lee University where she was a George Washington Honors Scholar and was honored with several awards during her studies in recognition of scholarship within the field of English language and literature.