Chip Merlin, JD

Attorney
Merlin Law Group

William F. "Chip" Merlin, Jr., Esq., Merlin Law Group.

Since 1985, Chip Merlin has served as a plaintiff’s attorney with a focus on Commercial & Residential Property
Insurance Claim Disputes and Bad Faith Insurance litigation. Chip is a noted national authority on Insurance Bad Faith, lecturing to national trade groups and publishing a number of papers and articles on the subject for organizations such as The American Association for Justice, The Florida Justice Association, The Windstorm Insurance Network, and Trial Magazine.

Chip published a book, Pay Up!: Preventing A Disaster With Your Own Insurance Company, to provide policyholders with an educational resource on navigating property insurance claims and help policyholders avoid being subjected to bad faith tactics.

As founder and president of Merlin Law Group, Chip has dedicated his practice to the representation and advocacy of insurance policyholders in disputes with insurance companies nationwide.

Chip served as Chair for the Bad Faith Insurance Litigation Group and Secretary for the Fire and Property Insurance Litigation Group for the American Association for Justice (formerly known as the Association of Trial Lawyers of America). He was also Vice-Chair for the Subcommittee on Property Insurance Law for the American Bar Association.

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Presentation(s):

• Why Can’t We All Just Get Along? Different Perceptions About The Modern Claims Process Between Policyholder and Insurance Industry Representatives (Wed4)

  Wednesday, January 26, 2022
  10:30 AM – 12:15 PM EST

• Why Can’t We All Just Get Along? Different Perceptions About The Modern Claims Process Between Policyholder and Insurance Industry Representatives (Wed12)

  Wednesday, January 26, 2022
  1:00 PM – 2:45 PM EST