Jeffrey A. Miller represents and advises clients in commercial contract and employment matters, including hiring, firing, restrictive covenant, wage & hour, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and worker classification matters. A seasoned litigator, Jeff recognizes where missteps might lead to protracted disputes, so he brings to his engagements a commitment to managing risk and finding practical, efficient solutions to meet his clients’ needs. He strives to not only address problems but also prevent them, by counseling clients to achieve and maintain compliance in an ever-changing legal and regulatory landscape.
Representative Engagements
- Defended a major healthcare provider against discrimination, hostile environment, and retaliation claims brought by a former employee, winning dismissal of all claims on summary judgment
- Defended a restaurant against its former employee’s discrimination charge in the New York State Division of Human Rights, resulting in a No Probable Cause determination and dismissal
- Drafted a financial service company’s multi-state employee handbook, covering 10 jurisdictions including California, New York, Massachusetts, Washington DC, and Illinois
- Won multimillion-dollar jury award against a global credit card company on behalf of its foreign licensee
- Argued for and obtained dismissal of claims against a NASDAQ-100 software company in a case concerning third-party misuse of software
- Negotiated a settlement on behalf of a multinational technology corporation in a breach of contract action
Publications
- RoundballReasons.com – Wrote and published articles concerning collective bargaining, salary cap management, player evaluation and league governance issues in the National Basketball Association
Education & Honors
- New York University School of Law, J.D. Review of Law and Social Change, Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Society, Sports Law Committee
- Duke University, B.S.
Prior Work Experience
- Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney LLP
- Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
Bar Admissions
- State of New York
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; Eastern District of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit