Matthew T. Miller


Partner

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Matthew T. Miller is a partner with The Miller Law Firm and coordinates expert investigation and testing to insure all defect issues have been identified and addressed in the most cost effective manner. Matt is also a member of the research and editorial team on all firm publications, and with his vision, created the first web site directed solely to helping owner associations with construction defect www.constructiondefects.com. It remains today as the signature site for consumers and construction defect research. Matt took a year off to study abroad and earn a culinary arts degree from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris in 2002.


DISTINCTION

  • Matt is co-author of the only consumer handbook on the subject, “Home and Condo Defects: A Consumer Guide to Faulty Construction”, (2001 & 2012). He is also the co-author of “Handling Construction Defect Claims: Western States” (4th Edition), the nation’s only legal textbook on the subject. In 2012, Matt also helped organize an environmental management program that includes preserving the hatching grounds of sea turtles along a two mile stretch of the Mexican Pacific Coastline in an area called the Bahia de Chamela.

EDUCATION

  • University of California Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 2000)

  • University of California at Berkeley (B.A., 1994)

  • Le Cordon Bleu, Paris (2002)

ADMISSIONS

  • California State Bar Association

  • American Bar Association

  • The Bar Association of San Francisco

INDUSTRY AFFILIATIONS

  • Executive Council of Homeowners (ECHO)

  • Community Associations Institute (CAI)

  • California Association of Community Managers (CACM)

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

  • Cal Bear Backers

  • Surfrider Foundation

  • JUMA Ventures

  • Amigos de los Niño’s Foundation