J. Douglas Merritt

Biography

Doug heads up the Northern California Bay Area and Hawaii offices of Ringler Associates and is a member of the company’s leadership team. He started with Ringler Associates in 2001 and since that time has helped facilitate settlement in hundreds of cases. This experience allows him to bring creative and effective solutions to all parties. Doug is licensed throughout the United States and has had the opportunity to speak at conferences throughout the state of California. Doug also has provided expert testimony in a variety of personal injury fields.

Doug has extensive knowledge in cases involving medical malpractice, property and casualty PI litigation, workers compensation, product liability, mass tort and non-physical injury litigation. Furthermore, he is experienced and trained in Medicare reporting and Medicare Set-Aside issues that affect many of his clients today. Doug completed his Certification as a Medicare Secondary Payer Professional (CMSP) in 2011.

He actively consults with casualty companies, hospitals, the Department of Justice, third party administrators, large self-insured companies, counsel and their clients. Services include designing and negotiating structured settlement packages, reviewing and pricing life care plans, projecting future loss of earnings, evaluating Medicare Set-Aside allocations and calculating present day value figures for settlement. He attends mediations and settlement conferences with clients and handles all of the functions necessary in finalizing settlement documents.

The National Structured Settlement Trade Association (NSSTA), in conjunction with the University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business, conferred upon J. Douglas Merritt the designation of Certified Structured Settlement Consultant (CSSC). He is a licensed insurance agent in California, approved educator of both the California State Bar and the California Department of Insurance, and an active member of the NSSTA.

Doug holds an honors diploma in Aviation Technology and Flight and most recently graduated with an honors distinction from the Masters in Business Administration (MBA) program at Saint Mary’s College of California.

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