Merit Bennett has been practicing law since 1975.   

Merit received his Bachelor’s Degree in Western European Area Studies, from the United States Air Force Academy, emphasizing the study of Spanish, French and German, his Master’s Degree in Political Science from the University of Colorado and his Juris Doctor Degree from the Washington College of Law at the American University in Washington, D.C.

Merit is a member of the New Mexico, Hawaii and Colorado bar associations. His seminar for lawyers, Professional Responsibility and the Lawyer/Client Relationship: Legal Decisions that Feel Right, has been approved by the New Mexico State Bar Association for Continuing Legal Education professionalism credit.

Merit is the author of Law and the Heart: A Practical Guide for Successful Lawyer/Client Decision-Making and Legal Professionalism: Fifty Words That Strike The Heart.