Nicole A. Miller

Associate

• nmiller@steptoe.com
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• Phoenix Office

Nicole A. Miller is an associate in the Phoenix office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP and a member of the Litigation Department.  Her practice focuses on commercial litigation, employee benefits litigation, labor law, and employment law.

Labor and Employment Law
Ms. Miller’s labor practice includes counseling employers in union avoidance and representing employers during anti-union campaigns.  She also represents employers in proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board.

Ms. Miller’s employment practice includes counseling and representing clients in litigation involving wrongful discharge, discrimination, and retaliation claims.

ERISA/Employee Benefits
Ms. Miller defends employee benefit plans governed by ERISA.  She has defended plans from claims for medical benefits in federal court.

Commercial Litigation
In her commercial litigation practice, Ms. Miller has represented commercial entities in property disputes against the state and the federal government, defended businesses against tort claims, and defended insurers in matters involving allegations of bad faith.

Noteworthy

• Named "VLP Attorney of the Month" by the Volunteer Lawyers Program, one of Arizona's leading providers of pro bono assistance in June 2008
• Legal Writing Teaching Assistant, Arizona State University College of Law (2003-2004)
  

Publications

• Contributing Author, Report of the American Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section, Employee Benefits Committee, Sub-Committee on Benefit Claims and Individual Rights
  Winter 2006
• Co-author, A Guide to Union Picketing and Handbilling
  2005, The Practical Lawyer
• Co-author, Confidential Client Communications? Maybe Not: Sarbanes-Oxley Versus the Attorney-Client Privilege
  2005, The Corporate Counselor
• Contributing Author, Is Gordon Gekko (Wall Street) Really Gone? Practical and Ethical Issues of Importance to Labor and Employment Attorneys under Sarbanes-Oxley
  Winter 2005, American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section, Developing Labor Law
• Contributing Author, Managed Care and the Edges of ERISA Preemption
  2005, 18th Annual ERISA Litigation Conference Legalworks
• Contributing Writer, Corporate Fraud Defense Report, Steptoe & Johnson LLP Monthly Newsletter

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• State Bar of Arizona, Section of Labor and Employment Law