Founder of the firm’s Dallas Litigation Section in 1991 and co-head of the firm’s national Complex Commercial Litigation Group until 2008, Mr. Miller currently practices in New York, the District of Columbia, and Texas.
Mr. Miller serves regularly as lead counsel in cases and arbitrations with billions of dollars in issue. He is recognized by Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America and SuperLawyers as a leader in his field. He was also recognized by the Dallas Business Journal as a “Top 10” litigator in Dallas in 2002.
During more than 30 years of trial practice, Mr. Miller has had substantial experience in antitrust, arbitrations, business tort cases, communications satellite cases, contract disputes, financial derivatives litigation, insurance coverage actions, non-compete disputes, professional malpractice matters, securities class actions, shareholder derivatives actions, and general commercial litigation. He has spoken regularly at professional education programs on numerous trial-related topics, such as arbitration, litigation management, simulation techniques, and courtroom technology.
Before entering private practice in Dallas in 1976, Mr. Miller served as law clerk to Justice Harry A. Blackmun of the Supreme Court of the United States (1972-1973) and Captain in the Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps (1974 - 1976).
Professional Associations - Litigation Section of the American Bar Association; Litigation Section of the District of Columbia Bar
Bar Admissions - District of Columbia; New York; Texas; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Sixth Circuits; U.S. District Courts in the Southern District of New York, the Northern, Southern, and Eastern Districts of Texas, the District of Colorado, and the Northern District of Oklahoma; U.S. Tax Court
Honors
Juris Doctor Degree, with highest honors (highest ranking graduate), from the University of Texas School of Law (1972); Freshman Moot Court Winner and Best Oral Advocate Award (1970); Friars (honorary society); Chancellors (Grand Chancellor, 1972); Article Editor, Texas Law Review; Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi (Province Graduate of the Year 1972); Outstanding First Year and Mid-law Awards; Student Most Likely to Earn Distinction (Senior Peer Award 1972).
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Plan II (accelerated liberal arts program), with highest honors and special honors, from The University of Texas at Austin 1969; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Upsilon (President, 1968-69); Outstanding Student (Yearbook Award 1969).