Dennis Merenbach’s curriculum vitae reflects a broad academic and professional background in law, education, and legal scholarship. He studied at Harvard Law School’s National College of Advocacy in Boston, Massachusetts, earned a Juris Doctor from Loyola University of Los Angeles School of Law, and received a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He also completed the National Security Seminar at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and pursued international studies at the University of Oxford, St. John’s College in Oxford, England, through the University for External Studies program in International Order. In addition to his education, Merenbach has served as a lecturer and speaker for the California State Bar’s Criminal Section and California Attorneys for Criminal Justice. His teaching experience includes serving as an instructor for the Graduate School at the University of California, Santa Barbara in Advanced Studies in Business Leadership, as well as an instructor at Santa Barbara Community College. His legal publications include the book How to Be an Expert Witness (Fithian Press, 1993), and he is associated with the published opinion Boulas v. Superior Court (December 1986), 188 Cal. App. 3d 422, 233 Cal. Rptr. 487.