EDITORIAL REVIEW

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Ask Joe Namath about his divorce crafting skills, or attorney David Boies about his crisis management.


Considered a top trial lawyer for divorces, James Fox Miller has a legal resume to make other attorneys drool. Nationally known, he handles high-end marriage dissolutions like that of Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Joe Namath from his wife of 15 years in 1999. His trial skills are so renowned that high-profile litigator David Boies asked Miller to serve as his spokesman before the Florida Bar in a proceeding investigating possible ethics violations by Boies.




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James Fox Miller specializes in family law and is involved in numerous complex commercial litigation cases in various states. He is AV rated, a member of The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and a Charter member of the College of Family Law Trial Lawyers. Mr. Miller has been named in all editions of The Best Lawyers in America and is named as one of Lawdragon's 500 Leading Lawyers In America - one of seven family law practitioners so named in 2005, and one of six so named in 2006. Mr. Miller has been an expert witness on numerous aspects of family law.

Mr. Miller was President of his local Bar Association, served eight years on Grievance Committees and five years on the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar. While a member of the Board of Governors, he was Chair of The Florida Bar's budget committee and also served on the Disciplinary Review Committee. He has also served as Special Bar Counsel for The Florida Bar in several very large and high profile grievance matters. Serving as the President of The Florida Bar from 1990-1991, Mr. Miller was one of the few family law specialists to ever hold the position.

A frequent writer and teacher of family law both in Florida and around the United States, Mr. Miller has taught the Florida Bridge The Gap program in family law to over 5,000 young Florida lawyers. He frequently participates in programs for the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and Continuing Legal Education in family law matters throughout the Country. For many years, he was on the faculty of the American Academy teaching and certifying family law arbitrators in various states. Mr. Miller has also taught the family law track at the Judicial College for Florida Circuit Judges. He has taught on an adjunct basis at the University of Miami School of Law, University of Florida School of Law, Nova Southeastern University School of Law, and St. Thomas University School of Law.

Mr. Miller's article and lectures on attorneys' fees and value billing have been given particular attention and growing acceptance. He has also lectured and written extensively on many other subjects including negotiation tactics, prenuptial agreements, trial strategies, ethics, preparation of witnesses for depositions, trials and mediation.

Mr. Miller is Board Certified in marital and family law by The Florida Bar, has Chaired the Florida Bar Family Law Section Legislative Committee and served as Board of Governor liaison to the Family Law Section and the Family Law Certification Committee. For several years he participated in writing and grading the Family Law Certification Exam and remains active in The Florida Bar having Chaired the Discovery Committee for the Family Law Rules of Procedure. He served for six years as a member of ABA House of Delegates and continues to be active lecturing throughout the United States on various family law subjects. Mr. Miller chaired the National Academy's Committee on Attorney's Fees for three years, and served a three year term on Florida's Judicial Council having been appointed by Florida's Chief Justice. He also served as a member of the Federal Courts Oversight Commission for the Southern District of Florida.

Mr. Miller has also been active in community activities having served on his County's United Way Board of Directors, President of Temple El and President of the Jewish Family Service of Broward County.

Selected Professional Awards and Associations

• American Bar Association
• The Florida Bar (Member, Executive Committee, Family Law Section, 1981-1984; Member, Board of Governors, 1986; Budget Chairman, 1988-1989; President, 1990-1991)
• South Broward County Bar (Member, Board of Directors, 1971-1973; President, 1976-1977)
• Broward County Bar Association (Member, Grievance Committee, 1976-1979; Chairman, 1984-1986; Chairman, Family Law Section, 1981-1982)

Areas of Practice

• Litigation
• Matrimonial and Family Law

Education

• Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., 1965
• Ohio State University, B.S., Economics, 1962

Admissions

• Florida and Illinois

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LAWDRAGON NEWS

• The Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America
  2009
  
  
• The Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America
  2006
  
  
• The Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America
  2005

Selected Publications and Presentations

• The Curse of the Legal Profession, The Florida Bar Journal, President's Page
  
  
• Person With The Butter, The Florida Bar Journal, President's Page, September 1990
  
  
• You've Done Nothing But Complain Since You Walked In Here, The Florida Bar Journal, Volume LXIV, No. 7, July/August 1990, at 10
  
  
• Bifurcation of Dissolution of Marriage Actions, The Florida Bar Journal, November 1961, at 755
  
  
• Ten Attorneys' Fees Commandments
  
  
• The Metaphysics of Settlement; How I Settle My Cases (or Get Them Ready For Trial), 2006 AICPA/AAML National Conference on Divorce, February 2006, Las Vegas, Nevada
  
  
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Arbitration Training Institute; Cleveland, Ohio; January 27-28, 2006; "Advantages and Disadvantages of Matrimonial Arbitration"; "Lawyer-Client Conference; Arbitrator Selection"; "Arbitration Preparation for the Litigator"; "Arbitration Fees and Costs"
  
  
• Kentucky Chapter, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Arbitration Institute Workshop, Louisville, Kentucky, August 20-21, 2004; "Advantages and Disadvantages of Matrimonial Arbitration"; "Arbitration Agreements and Court Orders for Arbitration"; "Preparing for Arbitration as a Litigator; You and Your Client"; "Arbitration Fees and Costs"
  
  
• Attorneys' Fees, South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention, Hilton Head Island, August 1, 2002;
  
  
• Alternatives to Hourly Billing, The North Carolina Bar Association Family Law Section Annual Meeting, Williamsburg, Virginia, May 5-6, 2000
  
  
• The Metaphysics of Divorce in the 21st Century, The Florida Bar Family Law Section and The Florida Supreme Court, Family Court Steering Committee Family Law Superstars and Symposium on the 21st Century Family; Tampa, Florida, November 16, 2000
  
  
• Pre-Nuptial Agreements, An Advanced Seminar on Family Law, Maryland Chapter, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Fourth Annual Symposium, Ellicott City, Maryland, October 11, 1999
  
  
• Ethical Problems for the Family Law Practitioner, Nevada State Bar Association
  
  
• Negotiating Marital Settlement Agreements and Preparing for Trial, Nevada State Bar Association
  
  
• The Metaphysics of Divorce, Pennsylvania Bar Association
  
  
• What Every Jury Trial Lawyer Should Know About Non-Jury Trials, Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers
  
  
• Principles to Follow as a Divorce Lawyer, Missouri Bar Association
  
  
• Executive Compensation, National Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Chicago, Illinois
  
  
• Attorneys' Fees, International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Chicago, Illinois

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