Judge Jim Miller is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a former trial judge. He has arbitrated more than one hundred claims and has mediated thousands more. Judge Miller has experience arbitrating and mediating construction, business and commercial, employment, injury, real estate and professional negligence cases. He is available to serve domestically and internationally as an arbitrator, mediator, insurance claim umpire, special master, receiver, early neutral evaluator and appointed or private judge.
Judge Miller presided over one of Colorado's busiest trial courts for nearly twelve years, where he was praised by attorneys, litigants and jurors for his sense of fairness, his preparation, and his ability to understand and communicate complex factual and legal concepts clearly. He brings those same skills to his arbitration and mediation practice. Judge Miller's undergraduate and graduate background in the sciences make him especially capable of quickly grasping technical, scientific and medical evidence.
Case Experience
Business Dissolution
Civil Rights
Commercial/Business
Community Associations
Condominiums
Construction
Contract Disputes
Debt Collections
Divorce (High Asset)
Employment
Insurance
Intellectual Property
International
Landlord/Tenant
Legal Malpractice
Medical Malpractice
Personal Injury
Premises Liability
Product Liability
Professional Liability
Professional Malpractice
Professional Negligence
Real Estate
Telecommunications
Torts
Wrongful Death
Education
J.D., University of Memphis
M.S., University of Memphis
B.A., Franklin and Marshall College
Memberships & Affiliations
Judge, Douglas county, Colorado, 1992-2004
Arbitrator, Mediator, JAMS, 2005-Present
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Top Lawyer, 5280 Magazine
Member, American, Colorado, Douglas-Elbert County and Arapahoe County Bar Association
Douglas-Elbert County Bar Association’s Professionalism Award, 2004 and 2016
Past President, Colorado County Judges Association
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