Michael Campion Miller

Commercial Litigation and Arbitration

• Won significant verdicts for clients following jury trials and arbitrations, including a $60 million award following an arbitration over the value of a fixed income investment vehicle, a $12 million award in a dispute over the price and value of computer chips, and a $3 million jury verdict relating to a construction contract.
• Won high stakes dispositive motions for clients, including dismissal of a class action lawsuit filed in federal court against McAfee, Inc. and an Alien Tort Statute lawsuit filed in federal court against Muhammed Fethullah Gülen.
• Represents clients in high-stakes commercial disputes relating to breach of contract and fiduciary duty claims, and disputes over the ownership and control of companies, enforcement of employment agreements, and protection of intellectual property rights.
• Represents clients in construction disputes, including claims relating to breaches of construction and financing agreements.
• Represents corporate and individual clients in connection with securities fraud class action, derivative and opt-out litigation.
• Represented a digital art creator in a commercial dispute over rights to mint and sell NFTs representing the client’s artwork.
• Represents clients seeking and defending against 1782 discovery proceedings.

White-Collar Criminal Defense/Internal Investigations

• Won 9-0 decision in the United States Supreme Court, which found that the "right to control" theory of wire fraud is invalid.
• Represents individual clients in federal and New York State criminal cases from grand jury investigations through jury trials, including winning acquittals for clients charged with fraud and other economic crimes.
• Represents corporate and individual clients in connection with criminal, SEC, FINRA and New York State securities fraud investigations and litigation, including cases involving allegations of GAAP and non-GAAP accounting fraud, and insider trading.
• Conducts internal investigation for corporate and not-for-profit clients into allegations of fraud, embezzlement, False Claims Act violations, waste, and mismanagement.
• Represents clients in federal and New York State income tax fraud investigations and prosecutions, including allegations of concealed taxable income, inflated and fictitious deductions, abuse of tax shelters, and improper receipt of tax credits.
• Represents government contractors in investigations into alleged criminal violations of the False Claims Act.

Professional Liability Defense

• Represents law firms and lawyers in connection with malpractice and other professional liability claims brought in federal and New York State courts.
• Represents law firms and lawyers in connection with federal and New York State regulatory proceedings, criminal investigations, and criminal prosecutions, including cases involving allegations of securities fraud, wire fraud, tax fraud, antitrust violations, and False Claims Act violations.

Miscellaneous

• Represents art galleries, artists, and importers and distributors of high-end products in connection with disputes relating to digital art, dealer and consignment agreements, importation and distribution of products, customers, sales and use tax, and between principals and agents.
• Represents clients in patent and trademark disputes.

• Moderator and Panelist, Quarterly Investigations & Enforcement Update Webinar, Steptoe Investigations, White-Collar, and Compliance Practice (2020-present)
• Moderator and Panelist, "What to Do When the Government Comes Knocking? Representing Lawyers When They Are In the Cross Hairs of Criminal Investigations and Prosecutions," Spring 2025 National Legal Malpractice Conference, April 3, 2025
• Moderator, "Attorney-Client Privilege in a New Age of Government Investigations," New York City Bar, June 20, 2019
• "The Yates Memo Turns Two - A Survey of its Impact on Corporate Cooperation," ABA's Criminal Justice Section, August 10, 2017
• "Advanced Forum on LPL/Legal Malpractice," American Conference Institute, New York, NY, October 24, 2016
• "New York State Criminal Law and Practice Issues," New York Council of Defense Lawyers, Manhattan District Attorney's Liaison Committee, New York, NY, May 23, 2016
• "Best Practices on Conducting International Investigations," ABA's 7th National Institute on Internal Corporate Investigation and Forum for In-House Counsel, April 29, 2016
• "Implications of the Recent Last Look Settlement on Your Business," Foreign Exchange Professionals Association, January 12, 2016
• Section 1782 Discovery Seminar, Ernst & Young, Dublin, Ireland, November 19, 2015
• "A Comparative View of Private Prosecutions in the US and UK," C5's 4th Miami Forum on Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery, October 27, 2015
• "International Dispute Resolution," Duke Energy, Charlotte, NC, March 3, 2015
• "Is New York For Sale? Federal, State and Local Approaches to Addressing Public Corruption," New York City Bar Association, January 20, 2015

• Best Lawyers in America, Criminal Defense: White-Collar (2021-2026)
• Chambers USA, Litigation: General Commercial, New York (2011-2026)
• Chambers USA, White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, New York (2021-2026)
• National Law Journal, Trailblazer in Criminal Law (2020)
• AmLaw Litigation Daily, Top Litigator of the Week (2011)
• Daily Journal, Top Plaintiff Verdicts (2011)

Selected Publications

• White-Collar Crime Enforcement in New York Series, New York Law Journal
  • A Tale of Two Systems: Comparing New York State and Federal Approaches to White-Collar Crime (July 9, 2025)
  • The Martin Act: Blue Skies for New York Prosecutors and Regulators (June 1, 2025)
  • How New York’s Watchdogs May Tackle White-Collar Crime Amid DOJ’s Retreat (May 14, 2025)
• When Lawyers Become Lawbreakers: A Deep Dive into New York Attorney Convictions, 2020-25, New York Law Journal, (March 19, 2025)
• “Collections” In R. L. Haig (Ed.), New York Practice V.2 To 4H Commercial Litigation In New York State Courts, 2025-2026 ed. (pp.95:1-47) Thomson West (March 9, 2025)
• Lender Beware Series, Lexology
  • Part III: Criminal Exposure for Banks Participating in the CARES Act (May 5, 2020)
  • Part II: Key Sources of Civil Liability (April 29, 2020)
  • Part I: Mitigating Risks in Lending Stimulus Funds to Small Businesses (April 27, 2020)
• Borrower Beware Series, Lexology
  • Part VI: Considerations for Government Contractors and Federal Grantees Seeking Relief Under the CARES Act (April 20, 2020)
  • Part V: Key Commercial Considerations for CARES Act Program Participants (April 14, 2020)
  • Part IV: Lessons for CARES Act Participants from TARP Prosecutions (April 13, 2020)
  • Part III: CARES Act Loan Certification Obligations Create Pitfalls for the Unwary (April 10, 2020)
  • Part II: Avoiding False Claims Act Liability Associated With CARES Act Funding (April 9, 2020)
  • Part I: Risks Associated with Accessing COVID-19 Relief Funds (April 8, 2020)
• Attorney Convictions in New York, New York Law Journal (January 9, 2020)

• Assistant District Attorney, Manhattan District Attorney's Office (1985-1993)

• Georgetown Law
  • Board of Visitors (2021-present)
  • Law Alumni Board (2012-2021
• New York Council of Defense Lawyers
  • Chair, Manhattan District Attorney Liaison Committee (2015-present)
• Association of the Bar of the City of New York
  • Chair, Criminal Advocacy Committee (2015-2018)
• Denis McInerney New York County Lawyer’s Association American Inn of Court
  • President (2008-2011)
  • Board of Directors (2004-2007)
  • Counselor to the President (2003-2005)