Thomas E. Miller - Senior Partner
email: TMiller@ConstructionDefects.com
Office: (800) 403-3332
FAX: (800) 323-0607
(949) 252-9150
Thomas E. Miller

Construction Defect Mediation and Litigation

Thomas E. Miller has been a distinguished construction defect lawyer for over 25 years. During his first eight years of practice with one of San Diego's "big three" law firms, Higgs, Fletcher and Mack, he represented developers and their insurance companies. Since 1981, Miller has exclusively represented homeowners associations in construction defects and land subsidence claims. A pioneer in his field, he has recovered over $350 million for his association clients including 75 settlements and verdicts over $1 million. Mr. Miller is licensed to practice law in the states of California and Colorado and has offices throughout the Western United States.

Distinction

Mr. Miller is the co-author of the only consumer handbook on the subject, "Home and Condo Defects; A Consumer Guide to Faulty Construction," (2001). He is also the author of the only legal textbooks on the subject, "California Construction Defect Litigation: Residential and Commercial," (1986 & 1993), which has been cited by several Courts of Appeals, and "Handling Construction Defect Claims: Western States" (3rd Edition). Miller is the author and instructor of several university extension courses entitled "California Construction defect Law for Community Associations," specifically tailored to educate property managers and homeowner association board of directors.

Honors

  • California State University, Long Beach Thomas E. Miller President's Scholar Center (2001); President Associates Appreciation Award (2000)
  • California Western School of Law: "Thomas E. Miller - Mock trail Room"
  • Community Associations Institute: College of Community Association Lawyers (1995-Present)
  • Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC): Board of Directors, Presidential Award of Merit (2000)
  • CACM Vision Awards (1993 Excellence in Service; 1995 Excellence in Education)
  • California State University, Long Beach Alumnus of the Year (1995)
  • Hastings College of the Law Alumnus of the Year (1995)
  • Orange County Trial Lawyer Association, Board of Directors (2001)

Community Involvement

  • Mission Hospital Foundation, Mission Viejo
  • HOAG Hospital Foundation, Newport Beach
  • Amigos de los Niños Foundation, Cabo San Lucas
  • CSULB President's Associates
  • Hastings College of the Law 1066 Foundation Board of Trustees
  • University of California, Irvine, Chancellor's Chief Executive Round Table
  • Habitat for Humanity
Media Features
  • Los Angeles Times
  • Orange County Register
  • New York Times
  • San Francisco Chronicle
  • KCBS, KABC, KCOP, KTTV, KDOC, OCN
  • Los Angeles/San Francisco Daily Journal
  • National Geographic

Education

  • University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 1973)
  • California State University, Long Beach (B.A., magna cum laude, 1970)

Honors

  • Community Associations Institute (CAI)
  • Executive Council of Homeowners (ECHO)
  • California Association of Community Managers (CACM)
  • Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM)
  • American Bar Association
  • California State Bar
  • Colorado State Bar
  • Consumer Attorneys of California
  • American Arbitration Association
  • San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association
  • San Diego Trial Lawyers Association
  • Orange County Trial Lawyers Association
  • Arizona Trial Lawyers Association

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BIOGRAPHIES (ATTORNEYS)
[THOMAS E. MILLER] [RACHEL MILLER] [DANIEL H. CLIFFORD]
[MICHAEL J WHITE] [PATRICK L PRINDLE] [JOHN TOOHEY] [JEFF HOELSKEN]

BIOGRAPHIES (LITIGATION SPECIALISTS)
[STEFFANI MILLER] [LINDA HUGHES]

BIOGRAPHIES (CLIENT SERVICES)
[MARY JO EDEL]

BIOGRAPHIES (CONSTRUCTION SPECIALIST)
[TODD GARNER]


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