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Alan R. Miller
Alan R. Miller
Of Counsel
Experience
- Has more than 50 years of litigation experience including professional liability, liability defense, life insurance coverage, arson and fraud, subrogation, and arbitration in reinsurance disputes.
- Former Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Illinois in the prosecution of pollution matters.
- Former Hearing Officer for the Pollution Control Board of the State of Illinois.
- Founded Robins Kaplan's Boston office.
Port of Seattle v. Lexington Ins. Co., 48 P.3d 334 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002)
Altru Health System and Altru Specialty Services, Inc. v. American Protection Insurance Company et al., 238 F.3d 961 (8th Cir. 2001)
Terra Industries, Inc. v. Commonwealth Insurance Company of America , 981 F. Supp. 581 (N.D. Iowa 1997)
Beals v. Superior Welding Company, 653 N.E.2d 430 (Ill. App. 1995)
Insurance Company of North America v. Protection Mutual Insurance Company, 939 F. Supp. 79 (D. Mass. 1996)Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Insurance Company, 604 N.Y.S.2d 952 (App. Div. 1993)
University of Cincinnati v. Arkwright Mutual Insurance Company, 51 F.3d 1277 (6th Cir. 1995)Occidental Chemical Corporation v. American Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Company, 820 F. Supp. 74 (S.D.N.Y. 1993), aff’d. 7 F.3d 221 (1993)
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America (2013-2025 editions)
- Named a "Lawyer of the Year," The Best Lawyers in America (2023 edition)
- Recipient of the "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the American Bar Association (Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice Section/Property Insurance Law Committee) (2012)
- Named a "Massachusetts Super Lawyer," Super Lawyers (2004-2014)
Bar Admissions
- Massachusetts
- Minnesota
- New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
DePaul University, J.D., summa cum laude (1964)
Harvard Law School, Masters in Law degree
Professional Associations
- American Bar Association (Past Chair of the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS), McKay Law Professor Award Committee, Past Chair of the Property Insurance Law Committee in the TIPS, and Past Chair of the TIPS Task Force on Legal Education, Vice-chair of Intellectual Property Committee in TIPS
- Massachusetts Bar Association
- Chicago Bar Association
- New York Bar Association
- Business Interruption Seminar
Chicago, IL (October 1997, October 1998) -
Property Loss Research Bureau
(1992; April 1993; March 1994; October 1995; April 1996; October 1996; April 1997; April 1998; October 1998) -
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. Intellectual Properties
New York, NY (June 1998) -
TIPS
Chicago, IL (June 1998) -
TIPS
New York, NY (December 1996) -
Fraud (two topics)
Boston, MA (September 1992); (March 1994); (December 1994); New York, NY and Boston, MA (October 1996) -
Loss Executives Association Mock Trial
(Fall 1986); (June 1991); Tampa, Florida (February 1993); Portland, ME (June 1996) -
TIPS
(Monterey, CA, April 1996) -
TIPS
Orlando, FL (March 1995) -
Strategic Research Institute
(January 1995) -
TIPS
(February 1994) -
Property Claims Services, a Division of American Insurance Services Group
Framingham, MA (February 1994) -
Coverage for Employment-Related Claims
New York, NY (December 1993) -
Seminar on Catastrophic Business Interruption Losses
New York, NY (November 1993) -
Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel
Scottsdale, AZ (February 1993) -
Infoline Seminar on Litigation Management
New York, NY (June 1992) -
Defense Research Institute Bad Faith Seminar
Boston (1987); New York, NY (December 1991) - Institute for Continuing Legal Education on Property Insurance
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Western Loss Association
(October 1991) -
Loss Managers' Conference of the Property Loss Research Bureau
Annually during the past twenty years -
TIPS Spring Meeting
Cancun, Mexico on Bad Faith (April 1990) -
Property Insurance Mid-Year Meeting on Pollution Claims
Pebble Beach, CA (March 1990) -
Moderator National Forum for Loss Professionals
Princeton, NJ (November 1989) -
Tort and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) Property Insurance Committee Seminar on Pollution Issues, Program Chair
(March 1989) -
Executive Enterprises Seminars on Reinsurance
New York, NY (September 26, 1988); (February 20, 1989) -
Boston Claims Manager Association
Boston, MA (1988) -
National Association of Independent Insurance Adjusters
(May 1988) -
Oregon Association of Defense Counsel
Portland, OR (1987) -
Property Insurance Committee Annual Meeting, Program Chair
San Francisco, CA (August 1987) -
Property Insurance Committee Mid-Year Meeting on the All-Risk Policy, Speaker and Program Chairman
(March 1986) -
Faculty Member National Insurance Forum
(1985-present) and other presentations to various insurance-oriented audiences and/or public servants -
PESI on Insurance Issues
(Hawaii, 1984) -
Property Insurance Committee Mid-Year Meeting on Business Interruption
(March 1984) -
Wisconsin Fire Loss Association; CPCU Seminar on Liability Insurance Issues
(March 1983) -
Professional Education Seminar
Hartford, CT and Boston, MA (1983) -
ALI-ABA Seminar on Arson
Pebble Beach, CA (1982) -
American Bar Association Property Insurance Committee Annual Meeting on Bad Faith
Dallas, TX (1979) -
Conference of Insurance Legislators
Las Vegas, NV (1977)<
- Time Element Coverage
Intermediaries and Reinsurance Underwriter's Association, New York City, New York (November 18, 2008) - American Bar Association Property Insurance Seminar
New York (November 12, 2002) - TIPS Y2K Seminar
(September 1, 1999) - Mealeys Bad Faith Seminar
Boston, Massachusetts (May 2, 1999) - Robins Kaplan Miller Ciresi LLP Intellectual Properties
Waltham, Massachusetts (May 1, 1999) - Property Loss Research Bureau
(October 2, 1998) - Business Interruption Seminar
Chicago, Illinois (October 1, 1998) - TIPS
Chicago, Illinois (June 2, 1998) - Robins Kaplan Miller Ciresi LLP Intellectual Properties
New York, New York (June 1, 1998) - TIPS
New York, New York (December 1, 1996) - Fraid two topics
Boston, Massachusetts (September 1992, March 1994, December 1994); New York, New York and Boston, Massachusetts (October 11, 1996) - Loss Executives Association Mock Trial
(Fall 1986, June 1991); Tampa, Florida (February 1993); Portland, Maine (June 3, 1996) - TIPS
Monterey, California (April 1, 1996)
RESOURCES
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PUBLICATIONS
April 3-5, 2008
Time Element Coverage
American Bar Association, Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section Committee, Annual Spring CLE Meeting
NEWS
August 16, 2017
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