MEMBERSHIPS:
• California State Bar Association, admitted 1966
(active member in good standing with no disciplinary history)

• United States Supreme Court – admitted 1982

• Numerous Federal District Courts

 • County of Santa Barbara Bar Association

 • California Public Defender’s Association

 • California Attorneys for Criminal Justice
(Founding member and former director)

EDUCATION:
• United States Army War College, Carlyle, Pennsylvania
National Security Seminar, 1980

• University of Oxford, Saint Johns College, Oxford, England
University for External Studies:  International Order, 1979

• Harvard Law School at Boston, Massachusetts
National College of Advocacy, 1973

• Loyola University of Los Angeles, School of Law
Juris Doctor, June 1966

• University of Southern California at Los Angeles
Degree:  Bachelor of Arts, History, 1961

PROFESSIONAL:
• Law Office of Dennis G. Merenbach (1969 to present)

• Merenbach and Luc (1969-1986)

• Henderson and Merenbach (1966-1969)

AREAS OF EMPHASIS:
• Civil Litigation

• Catastrophic personal injury or wrongful death

• Criminal Defense, both State and Federal

• Security Fraud and Arbitration
(Public investors against Brokerage firms)

TEACHING:
• University of California at Santa Barbara,
Instructor for Graduate School (Advanced Studies in
Business Leadership)

• Santa Barbara Community College, Instructor

SPEAKER:
• California State Bar, Criminal Section
• California Attorneys for Criminal Justice

PUBLICATIONS:
• “How to be an Expert Witness”
(Published by Fithian Press, 1993)

PUBLISHED OPINION:
• Boulas v. Superior Court (Dec. 1986)
188 Cal. App. 3rd 422
233 Cal. Rptr. 487

MILITARY:
• Member United States Army 1953-1955
(Honorable Discharge)

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
• Judge Pro Temp

• Arbitrator

• Mediator

• Former licensed securities broker (Series 7)

• Licensed real estate broker

• Insurance adjuster (former manager for Hartford Insurance)

• Television commentator for ABC affiliate KEYT

 • Radio talk show host, “You and the Law,”  KTMS

• Television Consultant on legal story line for Santa Barbara
and The Guiding Light.