Matt Mercer

Biographic Summary

Founder and Managing Partner, Matt Mercer, represents a variety of clients, including small business owners, entrepreneurs, creditors, materialmen, multi-state corporations, homeowners, landlords, consumers, and individuals, with a variety of legal needs. Mr. Mercer has both jury and bench trial experience and has successfully tried and won court cases in several states. He has two decades of experience representing clients in trials and on contract and business law. Mr. Mercer passed the Bar Exam in 4 states and has been continuously practicing law and trying cases for over 21 years. 
Matt Mercer has a great deal of experience drafting contracts for various businesses across many different industries and has negotiated contract terms and conditions, business sale deals, and legal matters for many years. As an attorney representing businesses in commercial collection cases, he has recovered millions upon millions of dollars for clients in cash and property. 
For over 5 continuous years, now, he has been the radio show host of Matt Mercer Live! on NEWS 104.5 WOKV FM broadcasting in 100,000 watts from the Cox Media Group studios in Jacksonville, Florida.   He continues to host the hour-long radio show on WOKV here in 2024.  Starting back in 2009 and continuing for over 4 years, Matt hosted the Friday morning radio show, "The Matt Mercer Show - Helping You Make Sense Out of the Law," broadcast locally on both AM and FM stations. From 2013 to 2015, he hosted Matt Mercer Live! on AM600 The Answer (WBOB) and 100.3 FM, out of Jacksonville, Florida.  
Matt Mercer previously served as an adjunct faculty member at Flagler College Business School teaching Business Law. He served on the Board of Governors of St. Johns Academy Private School and served as its president from 2016-2017.  He is regularly asked to serve as Mock Trial Judge, presiding over legal cases put on by students acting as lawyers and witnesses, using the state high school mock trial curriculum. Matt also serves as judge over student Debate competitions.   
Matt is an aviation enthusiast and VFR-rated airplane pilot. He loves Tesla automobiles, is a Christian and regularly attends church where he has taught Sunday school for over three years.

Licensed and Admitted to Practice Law Before:

  • All state courts in Florida
  • The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
  • The United States Court of Appeal for the Eleventh Federal Circuit

Education:

  • Juris Doctor (2001), Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville
  • Cum Laude, graduating December 2001 in top 17% of law school class
  • Law Review Author (published & awarded Best Note, Honorable Mention)
  • Chair, Law School Honor Council
  • Law School 'Book Award' (i.e., highest grade in class) for Contract Law
  • ABA Negotiation Competition - Midwest Regional Champion (finishing first among competitors from 16 law schools in Midwest region; later finishing 8th in the nation in Philadelphia)
  • Former Member, Louis D. Brandeis American Inn of Court
 
  • Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance, Georgia Southern University
  • University Judicial Board Member
  • Chair, University Union Advisory Board
  • Dean's List
  • Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity

Publications and Presentations:

  • Law Review Article: Lawyer Advertising on the Internet, 39 Brandeis L.J. 713 (2001)
  • Co-presenter at the National Business Institute seminar on debt collection, Louisville, KY, 2004
  • Co-authored seminar manual: How to Get Results in Collection of Delinquent Debts, 2004
  • Live Lecture on Florida Evidence Law, St. Johns County Bar Association, 2015

Memberships:

  • Florida Bar Association
  • Indiana Bar Association
  • Kentucky Bar Association
  • Jacksonville Bar Association
  • St. Johns County Bar Association

Liz Kutch

Biographic Summary

Partner Liz Kutch represents a variety of clients, including small business owners, entrepreneurs, creditors, materialmen, multi-state corporations, homeowners, landlords, consumers, and individuals, with a variety of legal needs. Attorney Kutch has both Courtroom trial and Arbitration trial experience, and she passed the Bar Exam in 4 states. Attorney Kutch's background out of law school was as a staff attorney for a judge for several years. Now in her sixth year with the law firm, Attorney Kutch's tremendous impact on both prosecuting and defending civil claims for clients through trials, mediation, and negotiated settlements has allowed her to  protect, secure, and promote client interests to the tune of millions of dollars in money & property, making Liz Kutch highly sought after by clients.




 
In addition to her practice responsibilities, Liz supervises two (2) additional Attorneys for Mercer Kutch Law Firm.  

Licensed and Admitted to Practice Law Before:

  • All state courts in Florida, California, Nevada, & Colorado

Education:

  • Juris Doctor (2015), University of Denver Sturm College of Law
  • GPA: 3.60; Class Rank: Top 13%
  • Certificate: Earned certificate demonstrating a concentration in Environmental and Natural Resource Law 
  • Scholarship: Recipient, Dean’s Scholarship for demonstrated academic merit
  • Honors: Recipient, Scholastic Excellence Awards for Highest Academic Performance in Environmental Law, 
  • Comparative Environmental Law, and Trusts & Estates
  • Staff Editor, University of Denver Water Law Review 2013–2014 
  • Publications: Conference Report, Colorado Annual Conference 2014 Our Water Platform, 17 U. DENV. WATER L. REV. 403 (2014); Conference Report, Colorado Water Congress Summer Conference 2014: Discussion Points Conservation, Reuse, Collaboration, 18 U. DENV. WATER L. REV. 185 (2014); Court Report, Natural Resource Defense Council v. Jewell, 18 U. DENV. WATER L. REV. 196 (2014) 
  • Natural Resources and Environmental Law Society, Service Coordinator for 2014–2015

Memberships:

  • Florida Bar Association
  • California Bar Association
  • Nevada Bar Association
  • Colorado Bar Association
  • St. Johns County Bar Association