Jessica Davidson Miller has broad experience in the defense of purported class actions and other complex civil litigation with a focus on product liability matters and multidistrict litigation proceedings. She regularly appears in both state and federal courts and has drafted numerous appellate and U.S. Supreme Court briefs on behalf of individuals, corporations and members of Congress. Ms. Miller has been involved in several major federal legislative efforts and has written extensively on class action and tort reform issues. She has served as a counselor to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Civil Justice Reform Group and other organizations dedicated to civil justice reform. She played a major role in the passage of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005. Ms. Miller also speaks frequently at seminars and symposia on litigation-related issues, including numerous appearances before industry groups, defense counsel and tort-reform organizations, judicial conferences and other legal education forums. Prior to private practice, Ms. Miller worked for U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg and former U.S. Senator Bob Graham. From 1999-2000, she worked at the Federal Trade Commission as a staff attorney in the Office of General Counsel, focusing on appellate litigation. Ms. Miller repeatedly has been selected for inclusion in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. She also was named a “Client Service All-Star” by The BTI Consulting Group in its 2015 and 2012 Client Service All-Stars reports. In 2013, Law360 selected Ms. Miller as a member of its Product Liability Editorial Board.
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Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated and remanded the Sixth Circuit’s decision in Whirlpool Corp. v. Glazer, 678 F.3d 409 (6th Cir. 2012), for further consideration in light of Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, 133 S. Ct. 1426 (2013) (Comcast). The Sixth Circuit has now issued a new (...)
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On 3 June 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court summarily vacated and remanded the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit’s decision in Butler v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 702 F.3d 359 (7th Cir. 2012), for further consideration in light of Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, 133 S. Ct. 1426 (2013) (...)
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The U.S. Supreme Court summarily vacated and remanded the Sixth Circuit’s decision in Whirlpool Corp. v. Glazer, 678 F.3d 409 (6th Cir. 2012), for further consideration in light of Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, No. 11-864, 2013 WL 1222646 (U.S. Mar. 27, 2013) (Comcast), which was decided last (...)
