Jeff Bloom

Jeff Bloom, Mercer Law’s Director of Advocacy, is a trial attorney who possesses extensive experience litigating and trying cases in the greater Washington, D.C. and Baltimore metropolitan areas. Jeff has litigated cases, primarily as a civil plaintiff’s attorney, in the areas of professional malpractice, medical privacy, personal injury, and commercial litigation. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California and University of Miami School of Law.

Prior to joining Mercer, Jeff had a prolific trial practice. He has tried hundreds of cases before the District of Columbia Superior Court, the Maryland Circuit Court, and the Maryland District Court. In private practice, Jeff advocated for both individual consumers and large corporate institutions alike. He represented many Fortune 500 companies, including Bank of America, State Farm Mutual Insurance Company, and CBRE, as well as major hospital systems and medical providers in the Mid-Atlantic region such as Johns Hopkins Hospital System. He has also successfully appeared before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and federal trial courts in the D.C area. Jeff previously taught trial advocacy and advanced civil trial practice at the University of Illinois College of Law.

Jeff teaches trial advocacy, advanced evidence classes with an emphasis on expert witnesses and scientific/medical evidence, and leads Mercer’s programming in civil litigation. A hallmark of the Mercer advocacy program is that its principals, including Director Bloom, coach multiple advocacy competition teams each semester such that students can receive personalized training from the program’s leaders.