Matthew G. Miller
Partner
Experience
Matthew G. Miller is a highly experienced trial attorney whose practice focuses on product liability, high-exposure matters, and construction litigation. He defends a wide range of clients in product liability claims, with in-depth knowledge spanning industrial equipment, automotive components, athletic gear, food safety issues, and retail products.
Matthew frequently represents excess insurance carriers in high-value cases involving significant exposure, providing both trial and appellate representation. In addition, he defends general contractors, subcontractors, and property owners in high-exposure New York State Labor Law matters.
Matthew also has extensive experience handling complex general liability claims involving major municipalities. He has served as counsel of choice for a New York public benefits corporation and public authority.
In every case, Matthew draws on his background as a prosecutor in the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office, where he brought numerous felony cases to trial. He secured indictments before grand juries for a wide range of crimes, including arson, attempted murder, burglary, grand larceny, weapons possession, and rape. He also conducted multiple homicide investigations and assisted in presenting those cases to grand juries.
Related Areas
Experience Highlights
Matthew successfully defended a church against a personal-injury lawsuit filed by a volunteer who fell from a ladder and fractured her heel while decorating the Epitaphios for Easter. At stake was $750,000, the amount of the plaintiff’s demand. Matthew won the case by persuading an appeals court to reverse a lower court’s decision not to grant their request for summary judgment dismissing the case.
Honors & Awards
New York Metro Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2018-23
Background
Admissions
- New York
- New Jersey
- U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
Education
- Brooklyn Law School, J.D., Certificate in Criminal Law
- Gettysburg College, B.A.
News & Knowledge
Publications & Events
- “Understanding Litigation Funding,” (Co-presenter), Client Presentation, June 26, 2024
RECENT INSIGHTS
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