Attorney Lee Merritt has handled many high-profile civil rights cases, including those involving the tragic deaths such as the Botham Jean case.26-year-old Botham Jean, was fatally shot in his own home on Sept. 6, 2018. Amber Guyger said she shot Jean after returning home and mistaking him for an intruder , she said it wasn’t until after she shot him, while calling 911, that she realized she was on the wrong floor and that she wasn’t at her apartment.