Overview
Keith J. Miller, Esq. is a founder and Managing Partner of Robinson Miller LLC. For over thirty years Keith has been a respected and effective litigator at the trial and appellate levels of the state and federal courts in New Jersey. The Firm’s clients have long relied on Keith’s wide-ranging expertise and common-sense approach to resolve many complicated business disputes. Keith concentrates his practice in complex commercial litigation, intellectual property litigation, media law counseling and litigation, and labor and employment counseling and litigation. He regularly handles jury and bench trials, complex motions, arbitrations, and mediations. Keith has briefed and argued numerous appeals in the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
Keith specializes in representing the Firm’s media clients, including many large newspapers, commercial websites, wire services, and publishing houses. He frequently handles defamation lawsuits, Open Public Records Act cases, First Amendment cases, and reporter’s subpoenas. Keith has made many successful applications to have Court proceedings and records opened to the public. He successfully litigated and argued a landmark case in the Supreme Court of New Jersey expanding the scope of the State’s public access laws (The Times of Trenton Publishing Corp. v. Lafayette Yard Community Development Corp., 183 N.J. 519 (2005)).
Keith is a highly respected leader of New Jersey’s legal community. He is President of the Historical Society of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, a member of the Lawyers Advisory Committee of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, a Trustee and Past President of the Rutgers Law School-Newark Alumni Association, a member of the Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Public Access to Court Records, a permanent member of the Advisory Board of the Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey, and a member and Past Chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Media Law Committee. Keith also is Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Employers Association of New Jersey. Keith is a contributing author to New Jersey Federal Civil Procedure and frequently lectures and writes on legal issues in New Jersey. Keith has long been included on the prestigious Super Lawyers list of the top 5% of New Jersey’s attorneys and is listed as one of the “Top Attorneys in New Jersey” by New Jersey Monthly Magazine. Keith was selected as one of the “Lawyers of the Year” by the New Jersey Law Journal.
Areas of Practice
Keith Miller brings extensive expertise in commercial, securities, and employment litigation, complemented by a deep understanding of communications and First Amendment law, making him a formidable advocate for clients navigating complex legal landscapes in the corporate and regulatory spheres
- COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
- COMMUNICATIONS LAW
- FIRST AMENDMENT LAW
- SECURITIES LITIGATION
- EMPLOYMENT LAW
- LABOR LAW
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey, 1993
- Pennsylvania, 1994
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1993
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 2004
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1995
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 2004
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 2005
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2005
Education
Rutgers University Law School, Newark, NJ, J.D. 1993
Managing Editor, Rutgers Law Review
Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, B.A. 1988
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Historical Society of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, President and Trustee
- Supreme Court Bench-Bar-Media Committee, Committee Member
- Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey, Advisory Board Member
- New Jersey Bar Association's Committee on Media Law, Committee Member and Past Chair
- New Jersey Media Lawyers' Association, Member
- Lawyers Advisory Committee to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, Member
- Rutgers Law School-Newark Alumni Association, Trustee and past President
- Employers Association of New Jersey, Vice Chair of Board of Trustees