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James E. Miller is the Managing Partner of Miller Shah LLP.

Jim earned his undergraduate degree from Cornell University and his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania. While at Penn Law School, he was awarded the Edwin R. Keedy Cup and was Editor of the Comparative Labor Law Journal. Following graduation, he served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Daniel H. Huyett, 3rd, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Jim began his law practice in 1992 at Pelino & Lentz, P.C. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he concentrated his practice on representing clients in labor and employment litigation, as well as other complex commercial litigation. He practiced at Pelino & Lentz until 2000 and was named a partner at the firm during his tenure. In addition to representing major corporations in commercial and employment litigation and collective bargaining negotiations, at Pelino & Lentz, Jim developed an extensive practice representing clients in employment discrimination litigation and securities industry arbitrations. In those cases, he was successful in obtaining a number of multi-million dollar recoveries, including jury verdicts and arbitration awards. During his career, he has tried over twenty (20) cases to successful verdict or judgment. In addition, Jim has served as lead counsel in a wide variety complex cases, including securities, ERISA and antitrust litigation.

Jim is a member of the Board of IAG Global and also is the Founder and a Board member of International Friends of Festival Verdi, based in New York, New York. He also is an active supporter of Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations and serves as a member of the ILR School’s Advisory Council. Jim was named Whistleblower Lawyer of the Year in 2020 by Taxpayers Against Fraud, the premier non-profit in the United States advancing the interests of whistleblowers.

Jim is a member of the National Association of Securities and Consumer Attorneys, National Employment Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association, the California Bar Association, the Connecticut Bar Association, the New Jersey Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and Taxpayers Against Fraud. He resides in Chester, Connecticut, where he held elected office, and is active in community, political, and charitable activities.

Jim concentrates his practice on financial services and whistleblower litigation, including ERISA, securities, corporate governance, and employment matters. He also has significant experiencing representing clients in a wide variety of trade regulation matters and other complex commercial litigation, including patent, licensing, and other intellectual property matters, as well as unsuitable trading, churning, and trade disputes in FINRA arbitrations/mediations and before international tribunals. Jim also serves as outside labor and corporate counsel for certain select clients of the Firm. Finally, Jim counsels and represents a number of international clients based in Europe, India, Asia and South America, including business entities in the manufacturing, technology, and service fields, as well as financial institutions, hedge funds, import/export concerns, insurers, investment firms, and private equity firms, with respect to their legal concerns in the United States and represents those clients in complex litigation, dispute resolution proceedings, and in supervising significant transactions in which those clients are engaged.