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rmiller@millershakman.com
Mr. Miller has had years of experience in hotel development, financing and operations. In addition, his practice includes developing major office and condominium buildings as well as corporate law, insurance law and trust law.
Mr. Miller is listed in “Best Lawyers in America,” “Who’s Who in American Law” and “Who’s Who in America” (58th Edition). He has served as board member and president of the Board of Visitors of the University of Illinois Law School. He also served on the DePaul Law School Advisors Council and the DePaul Graduate Business School’s Institute for Business and Professional Ethics. Mr. Miller is co-chair of the Advisory Board of the Illinois ACLU. He is a board member of the Chicago chapter of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and sits on that organization’s national board as well. He is the recipient of the Chicago chapter’s first Rothschild Award for Lifetime Achievement in Civil Rights, and in 2003 the national body of the Lawyer’s Committee honored Mr. Miller with a Special Recognition Award. In 2002, Mr. Miller was inducted as one of eight living awardees as a Laureate of the Academy of Illinois Lawyers at the Illinois State Bar Association’s 125th Anniversary celebration.
Education
- B.S., University of Illinois, Business, 1953.
- L.L.B., University of Illinois Law School, 1955.
Member of the Board of Editors for the University of Illinois Law Forum
Experience
- Admitted to the Illinois Bar, 1955.
- Served as a journalist in the U.S. Army, 1955-1957.
- Admitted to the New York State Bar, 1960.
- Practiced as an associate in New York City, 1958-1961.
- Practiced as an associate with this firm, 1961-1965.
- Elevated to partner, 1965.
Selected Engagements
- Prepared and filed all forms pertaining to initial public offering for a large Chicago media conglomerate.
- Developed hotels in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Aruba and Surinam for two international hotel chains.
- Redeveloped hotels in Hawaii for a major hotel chain.
- Served as counsel for a large insurance company.
Selected Publications
- “Rainmaker Profile: Ronald S. Miller,” Illinois Legal Times, May 1993.
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Chicago Bar Association
- Chicago Council of Lawyers
- Board member and former Chicago Chair of Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- Director of the DC-based National Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- Advisory Board member of the Isaac Ray Center, the law and psychiatry affiliate of Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center
- Member of the Advisory Board of Northwestern University Law School’s Institute for International Human Rights
- Pro Bono Senior Counsel for the Center for Disability and Elder Law
- Convener and moderator of the “Public Affairs Roundtable” which features a variety of prominent discussion leaders.
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