Synergy
Synergy Settlement Services partners with trial attorneys to tackle the difficult issues at settlement such as lien resolution, Medicare compliance, public benefit preservation and complex settlement planning techniques. Serving more than 1,000 law firms and their clients in 50 states, Synergy assists injury victims in delivering efficient and outstanding results and protecting their hard-fought recovery. […]
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Marilyn Monroe Spas
Inspired by a true Hollywood legend, Marilyn Monroe Spas offers a fresh new approach to hotel spas, day spas and nail salons. Matt Merkel led the creative direction of Marilyn Monroe Spas’ launch into six U.S. markets within two years. In addition to creating demand and driving traffic and revenue in each market, the brand and […]
Land of Fire and Ice
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]My Icelandic saga began with a 2-hour delay at Orlando International Airport. A delay which caused me to miss my connecting flight in Boston to Reykjavik. After being told there were no flights departing from the east coast that could get me to Iceland in time to save the trip I’d been planning […]
…but it’s a dry heat!
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]In May of 2018 I returned to Arizona on a much-anticipated trip. I lived for nearly two years in 1986-87 in the Sedona / Verde Valley area of north-central Arizona, long before the age of digital photography. It was there I bought my first 35mm film camera and started experimenting with landscape photography. […]
An illuminating idea
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Since moving to Orlando’s College Park neighborhood in 2012, I’ve been fascinated by the art deco design and colorful lighting of the Top Drawer consignment shop on Edgewater Drive. Driving home just after a heavy rainstorm one night, I decided the conditions were perfect to experiment with a long-exposure nighttime photo study of this architectural […]
Matt Merkel helps Orlando real estate group launch a new brand
Real estate in Central Florida has gone through many dramatic changes in recent years, and veteran agent Pedro Germano has been through them all. With his business partner John Cordero, Pedro recently formed the Cordero Germano Group and enlisted the help of Matt Merkel Design in developing their brand. Crucial to both partners was the creation of […]