Rachel Miller

Senior Partner

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Rachel M. Miller has proudly practiced law with The Miller Law Firm for 25 years with the primary and unique role of Senior Partner with a focus on client connection and providing immediate contact and communication to current and prospective clients, Board Members, and community association managers. Rachel has held many distinct positions in the Community Association Industry: Board Member of several chapters of Community Associations Institute (CAI), the elite President’s Club, CACM’s Legal Steering Committee, ECHO’s legal resource panel, and Board of Director of Consumer Attorneys of California.

The Miller Law Firm was awarded the National Litigator Award by the Trial Lawyers Board of Regents for two consecutive years. This award is the most well respected performance measuring symbol of litigation achievement in the nation, honoring only the top 1% of attorneys, and based strictly on tangible verdict & settlement dollar achievement. Most recently, Rachel was voted a Northern California “Super Lawyer” in construction litigation by her peers, as well receiving the noble recognition by Lawyers of Distinction.

DISTINCTION

  • Rachel is co-author of the only consumer handbook on the subject, Home and Condo Defects: A Consumer Guide to Faulty Construction” (2001 & 2012). She is also the co-author of Handling Construction Defect Claims: Western States (3rd Edition, 1999; Annual Supplement, 2009-2012), and the 4th Edition published in 2013 by Wolters Kluwer Law & Business (Annual Supplement 2014- 2017). Additionally, Rachel is the editor and moderator of various industry education courses as it relates to building performance standards.

EDUCATION

  • California Western School of Law (J.D. 1994)

  • Loyola Marymount University (B.A. 1990)

ADMISSIONS

  • California State Bar Association

  • American Bar Association

  • The Bar Association of San Francisco

INDUSTRY AFFILIATIONS

  • Community Associations Institute (CAI); Board Member of Several Chapters

  • California Association of Community Managers (CACM); Legal Advisory Committee

  • Consumer Attorneys of California; Board of Governors

  • Foundation for California Community Association Education, Board of Director

  • Executive Council of Homeowners (ECHO); Legal Resource Panel Member

HONORS

  • Super Lawyer, Construction Litigation (2019 & 2020)

  • American institute of Trial Lawyers, Litigator of the Year (2020)

  • Lawyer of Distinction (2019 & 2020)

  • Top Attorney, American Registry (2019 & 2020)

  • Construction Lawyers Society of America

  • Charter Member, Distinguished Justice Advocates (2019)

  • National Litigator Award, Trial Lawyers Board of Regents, LLC (2014 & 2015)

  • CAOC Presidential Award of Merit

  • CACM Vision Award, Excellence in Education

  • CAI President’s Award, Board Member of the Year

  • Guest Editor, CACM Law Journal

  • CACM Law Seminar Series

MEDIA FEATURES

  • New York Times

  • Wall Street Journal

  • Washington Post

  • San Francisco Chronicle, Media Expert

  • San Francisco Daily Journal

  • Los Angeles Times

  • Orange County Register

  • San Jose Mercury News

  • The Arizona Republic

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

  • National Charity League

  • The Battery

  • Children of Shelters, Board of Director

  • Tipping Point Community

  • JUMA Ventures, Chair Field of Dreams

  • San Francisco Arts Junior Committee

  • Neighborhood Parks Council

  • South Beach Yacht Club

  • San Francisco Zoological Society

  • Raphael House

  • Enterprise for High School Students

  • San Francisco Education Fund

  • Mission Hospital Foundation

  • Brady Therapeutic Riding