Counsel to the Firm mericlej@lanepowell.com
206.223.7073
John has more than 41 years of experience counseling clients with regard to securities regulation. He has served as an expert witness and testified with regard to matters of U.S. securities law before the
Supreme Court of British Columbia and the British Columbia Securities Commission, as well as in actions filed with federal and Washington state courts in the United States. John also regularly speaks at securities law seminars in the U.S. and Canada.
Harris, Mericle & Wakayama, PLLC (formerly Harris & Mericle)
Member (1981-1987; 1996-2016)
Co-founder
Seattle University School of Law, Adjunct Professor, Securities Regulation (1992-2000; 2007-2008)
Garvey Schubert Barer
Of Counsel (1991-1996)
Shareholder (1988-1991)
ENI Exploration Company, Securities Counsel (1978-1980)
Foreman, Dyess, Prewitt, Rosenberg & Henderson, Associate Attorney (1975-1978)
Washington
University of Texas at Austin School of Law (J.D., 1974)
Legal Research Board, Member
Phi Delta Phi
The University of Texas at Austin (B.A., with honors, Government, 1972)
Business
Canada Practice
Corporate Finance and Securities
International Business
Investigations and Regulatory Compliance
Securities Regulation

“Developments in Transactional Practice: Important New and Proposed Regulations,” Northwest
Securities Institute, Moderator (April 30, 2016)
“A Summary of the JOBS Act,” The Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia
(January 2013)
“Crowd Funding and the JOBS Act,” Northwest Securities Institute (February 2012)
“That (Occasionally) Cross Border: Some Common Questions and Conundrums,” Northwest
Securities Institute (February 2007)
“Anatomy of a U.S. Cross-Border Deal,” The Continuing Legal Education Society of British
Columbia (March 2006)
“U.S. Exempt Offerings,” Northwest Securities Institute (February 2003)
“Selected Topics Under U.S. Securities Law,” The Continuing Legal Education Society of British
Columbia Securities (March 2002)
“The Basics of U.S. Securities Law,” British Columbia Securities Commission Seminar
(January 2000)
“Cross-Border Private Placements: Comparison of Canadian and U.S. Laws,” Northwest Securities
Institute (February 1999)
“Commonly Used Securities Registration Exemptions Under U.S. Federal Securities Laws,”
Vancouver Stock Exchange Seminar (February 1999)
“U.S. Companies and Canadian Public Offerings: The U.S. Securities Laws Still Apply,” Vancouver
Stock Exchange Publication (1998)
“Listing on NASDAQ,” The Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia
(January 1998)
“The Revolution of 1995: Major Changes in U.S. Securities Regulation,” Vancouver Insights
Conference (October 1995)
“U.S. Securities Law: Selected Cross-Border Issues,” Simon Fraser University Faculty of Business
Administration’s “The Broker’s Practice” Seminar (November 1994)
“The Multi-Jurisdictional Disclosure System and Other Cross-Border Issues,” Vancouver Insights
Conference (November 1994)
“Regulation S: An Overview and Selected Problems,” Northwest Securities Institute (February 1994)
“Cross-Border Securities Offerings,” Northwest Securities Institute (February 1993)
“Recent Judicial Developments Regarding the Role of Attorneys Under the Federal Securities Laws,”
Northwest Securities Institute (February 1992)
“U.S. Securities Law: An Overview,” Simon Fraser University Faculty of Business Administration’s
“Organizing and Managing a Public Company” Seminar (March 1991)
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“U.S. Securities Law: An Overview,” Simon Fraser University Faculty of Business Administration’s
“The Broker’s Practice” Seminar (April 1990)
“U.S. Securities Law,” The Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia
(December 1989)
“Amendments to the Washington Securities Act,” Washington State Bar Association’s Corporation,
Business & Banking Section Midyear Meeting (April 1989)
“State Legislation Banning Arbitration Clauses,” Northwest Securities Institute (February 1989)
Washington State Bar Association
Business Law Section
Securities Law Committee (1993-Present)
Special District Counsel, Disciplinary Board (1990-Present)
International Practice Section
Washington State Securities Division Advisory Committee
Chair (2006)
Member (1998-2006)
Member, American Bar Association, State Regulation of Securities Committee (1981-Present)
Liaison to the Washington State Securities Division (1986-Present)
Liaison, North American Securities Administrators Association, Cross-Border Trading
Committee (1997-1998)
Planning Committee Member, Northwest Securities Institute (February 1996; April 2016)
Member, American Arbitration Association, Securities Panel
Board Member, Port Townsend Public Library Foundation (2011-Present)
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