Hilary B. Miller

Hilary B. Miller is a highly rated results-oriented business attorney in private practice, with emphasis on consumer financial services law and complex litigation.

Author

“Drafting the Arbitration Clause: The Administrator,” Connecticut Law Tribune, February 22, 2017; “Arbitration Protocols Affect Financial Institutions,” Connecticut Law Tribune, March 9, 2015; “The Future of Tribal Lending Under the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,” Business Law Today, March 22, 2013; “Arbitration and Class Actions After JAMS’ Flip-Flop,” N.Y.L.J., May 4, 2005; “International Aircraft Registry Adds New Hurdles,” Twin and Turbine, May 2006; “Appellate Review of FAA Emergency Certificate Actions,” 67 J. Air Law & Comm. 841, Summer 2002; “Educational Support Orders in Connecticut,” 13 Connecticut Lawyer 1, August-September 2002; “New York’s No-Fault Divorce Law: The End of Forum-Shopping Trips to Connecticut?” 21 Connecticut Lawyer 3, October 2010; “Application of the Consumer Telephone Protection Act to Interstate Calls and Faxes,” 52 Fed. Common. Law J. 668-686, May 2000; “Open Floodgates at the “Hoover” Dam – Air-21 Fails to Provide Meaningful Review of Emergency Certificate Actions,” 22 Lawyer-Pilots Bar Assn. J. 22-32, Winter 2000-2001. Mediator, Special Master, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Airline Transport Pilot. Chartered Financial Analyst. Director and Vice Chairman, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (2011-19).

Reported Cases

Francis v. Goodman, 91 F.3d 121 (1st Cir. 1996); Gregory v. American Guild of Musical Artists, 1993 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6971 (S.D.N.Y. 1993); Gill v. Monetary Management Corp., 1996 Ohio App. LEXIS 4088 (Ct. App. 1996); State v. Filipov, 2000 Conn. Super. LEXIS 266 (2000); Wirdzek v. Monetary Mgt. Corp. of California, Inc., 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8455 (E.D. CA. 1999); Lewittes v. Lobis, 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16320 (S.D.N.Y. 2004), aff’d (mem.), 164 Fed. Appx. 97 (2d. Cir. 2005), cert. denied, 127 S. Ct. 110 (2006); Evans v. Direct Gen. Ins. Agency, Inc., 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4801 (E.D. Ark. 2005); Golden v. Mandel, 2007 Conn. Super. LEXIS 1326 (Ct. Super. 2007), aff’d., 110 Conn. App. 376 (2008); Matter of People of State of New York v. County Bank of Rehoboth Beach, Del., 45 A.D.3d 1136, 846 N.Y.S.2d 436 (3rd Dep’t 2007); Lorelli v. Lorelli, 2009 U.S. Dist LEXIS 38505 (D. Conn. 2009); Generation Partners, LP v. Mandell, 2012 Conn. Super. LEXIS 2129 (Conn. 2012), aff’d., 148 Conn. App. 294, 85 A.3d 49 (2014).

Admissions

England and Wales (authorized and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, SRA number 570262); barrister (non-practicing); 1982, Connecticut; New York; District of Columbia; U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; U.S. District Court, District of Columbia; U.S. Tax Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; U.S. Court of Federal Claims; U.S. Supreme Court; France (consultant juridique êtranger, permanent)

Memberships

American Bar Association; International Bar Association; Connecticut Bar Association; New York State Bar Association; District of Columbia Bar Association; Fairfield County Bar Association; National Transportation Safety Board Bar Association; Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association; Dartmouth Lawyers Association (Director and Treasurer); Short-Term Loan Bar Association (President); Conference on Consumer Finance Law; American Law and Economics Association.

Education

• Dartmouth College, A.B., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Rufus Choate Scholar, 1973; Dartmouth College, M.B.A., Edward Tuck Scholar, 1974
• Fordham University, J.D., 1982