Eric D. Miller

Eric D. Miller
Personal details
Born Eric David Miller
Education Harvard University (AB)
University of Chicago (JD)

Eric David Miller is an American lawyer who is a nominee to become a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Education

Miller earned his Bachelor of Arts in physics, magna cum laude, from Harvard University in 1996.[1][2][3] Miller then attended the University of Chicago Law School, earning a Juris Doctor in 1999 with highest honors.[4] In law school, he was inducted into the Order of the Coif and served as the topics and comments editor of the University of Chicago Law Review.[3] Upon graduation from law school, Miller served as a law clerk to Judge Laurence Silberman of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and later to Associate Justice Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court of the United States.[5]

Early in his career, Miller served in the Department of Justice as an Attorney-Advisor in the Office of Legal Counsel (2003–2004) and as a member of the Appellate Staff in the Civil Division (2001–2003, 2004–2006).[3] Miller also served as Deputy General Counsel of the Federal Communications Commission (2006–2007) and spent five years (2007–2012) as an Assistant to the Solicitor General in the Office of the Solicitor General within the Department of Justice.[6][5] He received the Attorney General's Distinguished Service Award in 2008 for his conduct of national security litigation.[3]

Miller joined Perkins Coie LLP in 2012. He is currently a partner in the Seattle office and serves as the firm-wide chair of Perkins Coie's appellate practice.[7] He is also a part-time lecturer at the University of Washington School of Law. He has argued more than 60 appeals, including 16 in the Supreme Court of the United States.[5]

Nomination to court of appeals

On July 13, 2018, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Miller to serve as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.[5] On July 19, 2018, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Miller to the seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated by Judge Richard C. Tallman, who took senior status on March 3, 2018.[8] His nomination is currently pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

References

  1. ↑ Lipson, Jafi A. (December 18, 1993). "CLUH Elects New Director". Harvard Crimson. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
  2. ↑ Gentile, Olivia F. (March 21, 1994). "Would Male Voters Detract From RUS?". Harvard Crimson. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Eric D. Miller". perkinscoie.com. Perkins Coie. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  4. ↑ Gillespie, Becky Beaupre (April 2, 2018). "Duty and Tradition The US Solicitor General and His Principal Deputy are Law School Alumni—and They Represent the History and Shared Values Between the Two Institutions". U Chicago Law School News. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "President Donald J. Trump Announces Sixteenth Wave of Judicial Nominees, Sixteenth Wave of United States Attorney Nominees, and Eleventh Wave of United States Marshal Nominees". whitehouse.gov. July 13, 2018. Retrieved July 13, 2018. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. ↑ Barnes, Robert (December 7, 2010). "Justices juggle sympathy, past vote". Washington Post. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  7. ↑ Pacheco-Flores, Agueda (July 13, 2018). "Three Seattle attorneys nominated for federal judgeships, appellate court". Seattle Times. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  8. ↑ "One Nomination Sent to the Senate Today", White House, July 19, 2018

Selected publications

  • Miller, Eric D. (1998). "Should Courts Consider 18 USC Section 3501 Sua Sponte?". University of Chicago Law Review. 65 (3): 1029.


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