Howard B. Miller

Howard B. Miller is the 85th President of the State Bar of California.

He specializes in the areas of patent and other intellectual property litigation, anti-trust, and general complex commercial litigation cases. Among his many successful cases, his patent cases have included outstanding results in technologies as different as cancer radiation therapy and GPS location technology for cell phones.

He also does substantial appellate practice for the firm. Recent appellate cases which he has argued include, in the Supreme Court of California: Lockheed Martin Corporation v. Superior Court, 29 Cal.4th 1096 (2003) and HLC Properties v. Superior Court, 35 Cal.4th 54 (2005); in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit: Dow Chemical Co. v. Calderon, 422 F.3d 827 (9th Circ. 2005) and Abrego v. Dow, 443 F.3d 676 (9th Circ. 2006); in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: Optivus v. Ion Beam, 469 F.3d 978 (Fed.Circ. 2006); and in the California Court of Appeal: Karlsson v. Ford Motor Company, 140 Cal.App.4th 1202 (2006).

AREAS OF PRACTICE
Intellectual Property Litigation
Anti-Trust
General Complex Commercial Litigation

EDUCATION
University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois
J.D. - 1960
Honors: Order of the Coif
Editor-in-Chief, University of Chicago Law Review

Pepperdine University
B.A. - 1957

CLERKSHIP
Law Clark to Justice Roger J. Traynor, Supreme Court of California, 1960-1961

REPRESENTATIVE CASES
Lockheed Martin Corporation v. Superior Court, 29 Cal.4th 1096 (2003)
HLC Properties v. Superior Court, 35 Cal.4th 54 (2005)
Dow Chemical Co. v. Calderon, 422 F.3d 827 (9th Circ. 2005)
Abrego v. Dow, 443 F.3d 676 (9th Circ. 2006)
Optivus v. Ion Beam, 469 F.3d 978 (Fed.Circ. 2006)
Karlsson v. Ford Motor Company, 140 Cal.App.4th 1202 (2006)

Associate Professor, University of Southern California Law School , 1965 - 1969

Professor of Law, University of Southern California Law School , 1969 1977

"Southern California Super Lawyer", Los Angeles Magazine, 2004 - 2009

"500 Leading Litigators in America ", Lawdragon Magazine, 2006

"Top 100 Lawyers in Los Angeles", Los Angeles Business Journal 

University of Chicago , Alumni Award for Public Service

"Award for Leadership in Civil Rights", Coalition of Los Angeles Civil Rights Organizations Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, 1989

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Los Angeles Unified School District, President of the Board of Education, 1977 - 1979
Los Angeles Unified School District, Chief Operating Officer, 1999 - 2000
State Bar of California, Member of Board of Governors, 2006 - 2009
State Bar of California, President, 2009 - 2010 
Los Angeles County Bar Association
American Bar Association
American Association for Justice
Consumer Attorneys of California
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
Association of Business Trial Lawyers
American Intellectual Property Law Association
Federal Circuit Bar Association 
Los Angeles Chapter, President, American Jewish Committee
Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles,  Chair, Community Relations Committee

MEDIA/PUBLICATIONS
"The Advocates," Principle Advocate (1969-1973)
-PBS national weekly television show that put public issues on trial with unrehearsed cross examination of leading public figures.
Los Angeles Daily Journal, Executive Editor (1979-1981)
-The leading and largest circulation law newspaper in the United States.
"Champions of Justice" radio show on KRLA/870AM in Southern California (present)
-Co-host with Thomas V. Girardi