Tina O. Miller, Partner
Ms. Miller is a trial lawyer whose practice focuses on criminal defense, corporate internal investigations, commercial litigation and representing victims of crime in both criminal and civil cases.
Ms. Miller has substantial litigation and trial experience, having served for over 13 years as a federal prosecutor in both the criminal and civil divisions of the United States Attorney's Office in Pittsburgh. Her jury trial experience includes a wide variety of cases, including fraud, arson, public corruption, arms trafficking, carjacking, narcotics trafficking and the sexual exploitation of children. In the fall of 2007, she was sole counsel for the government in a federal death penalty trial involving a murder-for-hire scheme.
In 2011, Ms. Miller was appointed by Chief Judge Theodore A. McKee of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to serve on the Merit Selection Committee for the Bankruptcy Judgeship in the Western Distirct of Pennsylvania. In 2006, Ms. Miller was appointed by the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania to serve on the Local Rules Advisory Committee, which completely revised the federal local rules in the Western District of Pennsylvania. She has been certified as an Arbitrator with the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Ms. Miller is a Board Member for the Workforce Development Program, a program developed by the United States Probation Office in the Western District of Pennsylvania to assist individuals on federal supervised release in obtaining jobs, education and housing. She is also a Board Member of the Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board's Youth Policy Council and a member of the United Way's Women's Leadership Council. Ms. Miller is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association House of Delegates for Zone 12, and is an active member of the American Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and the Allegheny County Bar Association. Ms. Miller is past President of the Duquesne Law Alumni Association.During her tenure as an Assistant United States Attorney, Ms. Miller served in various leadership roles, including serving as the District's Crimes Against Children Coordinator, the Environmental Crimes Coordinator, and the Worker Exploitation/Human Trafficking Coordinator. She was an original member of the Joint 9/11 Terrorism Task Force in the Western District of Pennsylvania. Ms. Miller was appointed by the Attorney General's Advisory Committee to serve on the United States Department of Justice's National Advisory Committee for Child Exploitation Investigations.
Ms. Miller has received special recognition awards from the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the District Attorney of Beaver County. In both 2004 and 2001, she received the Director's Award for Superior Performance as an Assistant United States Attorney from the Director of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys.
Publications
- "Deputization of Private Counsel: Are Your Independent Investigators Really Government Intermediaries?" Pennsylvania Bar Institute, April, 2008
- "Bad Faith Insurance Litigation in Pennsylvania: Recurring Issues Under Section 8371" Duquesne Law Review, Spring 1995
Speaking Engagements
- Speaker, Criminal Law Update 2011, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, December 9, 2011
- Speaker, Criminal Litigation from A to Z, National Business Institute Seminar, August 11, 2011
- Moderator, E-Discovery in Criminal Cases, Federal Bar Association, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 24, 2011
- Speaker, Third Circuit Review of Cases, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 10, 2011
- Speaker, White Collar Criminal Investigations for Accountants and Attorneys, Community College of Allegheny County, May 3, 2011
- Moderator, Qui Tam Litigation in the Western District of Pennsylvania, Allegheny County Bar Association, February 17, 2011
- Speaker, Criminal Law Update 2010, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Pittsburgh, December 9, 2010
- Panel Member, Bridging the Gap: Moving Beyond Your Criminal Record, Southwest PA Re-Entry Coalition, December 3, 2010
- Panel Member, How to Survive a Criminal Tax Investigation, American Bar Association and Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP, April 15, 2010
- Speaker, Sentencing in the Post Booker/Gall World, Allegheny County Bar Association, Federal Court Section, November 20, 2009
- Speaker, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Corporate Compliance and Ethics Toolkit, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 2009
- Panel Member, Generic Pharmaceutical Association, 2009 Policy Conference, Government Investigations, Issues & Strategies, Washington, D.C., September 17, 2009
- Speaker, Federal Criminal Model Jury Instructions and Revisions to the Local Criminal Rules, Allegheny County Bar Association, December, 2008
- Speaker, Human Trafficking Awareness, Training for Trainers Seminar, Carlow University, November, 2008
- Speaker, Regional Gang Awareness Conference, Criminal Gang Prosecution Strategies, September, 2008
- Panel Member, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Conducting Internal Investigations After Enron & KPMG, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April, 2008
- Guest Lecturer, Special Issues With Victims, United States Department of Justice, Advance Child Exploitation Seminar, Columbia, South Carolina, July, 2006
- Panel Member, Demystifying the Grand Jury, Allegheny County Bench Bar, Seven Springs Resort, June, 2006
- Guest Lecturer, International Online Child Sexual Victimization Symposium, Leesburg, Virginia, June, 2004
Education
- University of Pittsburgh (B.A. cum laude 1989)
- Duquesne University School of Law (J.D. 1993)
Clerkship
Honorable Donetta W. Ambrose, United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1994-1996; Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County 1993-1994
Bar Admissions
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
- Supreme Court of the United States