His practice focuses exclusively on business and intellectual property disputes. Merrill has tried to verdict patent and various other intellectual property disputes. In 2014, Merrill won a $1.85 million jury verdict for his client in a patent infringement case in which the jury found that the defendant’s infringement was also willful. In September 2016, Merrill won a $637,000 verdict for his client, the owner of patents used to test computer chips, after the jury found infringement was willful.