There not bad but they are missing something. The Merriman one needs to have the Merriman pic on the left clearer. Im not sure if its the pic quality or the effect/brushing over it but I think it would look alot better. With the text, it looks bad that the R's are dropping below the horizontal line you have in there.In the Thurman one the pic on the right is really bad quality and the text doesnt fit the sig style.
not bad but they could be alot better......the pic in the bg should be desaturated and blended more the text placment looks werid in this as well keep workin though