Court Admissions
- Wisconsin State Bar, September 1993, Bar Number: 1022103
- Minnesota State Bar, May 1994, Bar Number: 244612
- United States District Court: Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin
- United States District Court: District of Minnesota
Associations/Memberships
Member Wisconsin Association for Justice, Jury Instruction Committee;
Member of the Wisconsin Association of Mediators; Qualified Neutral: MN Rule 114;
St. Croix Valley Bar Association (President 1999-2000);
Hudson Kiwanis Club, Founding Member;
River Falls Lions Club (President 2008-2009).
Continuing Education
I attend continuing legal education seminars on Family Law, Personal Injury Litigation, Personal Injury Damages, Case Presentation & Technology, Ethics, Mediation/Negotiation, and other topics. I always exceed the required number of continuing legal education hours, both in Minnesota and Wisconsin. I also continually review statutes and cases to stay on top of new developments in the law.
Example Cases
Published appellate court civil cases include:
Leonard v. Dusek, 184 Wis. 2d 267 (Ct. App. 1994), upholding requirement that injured passenger’s personal injury settlement make him completely whole before WPS, the state employee health plan, has a claim to subrogation; D.S. Farms v. NSP, WI Ct of Appeals 94-1981 (1995), upholding jury verdict of $1,450,225, for property damage case against electric utility; Hilke v. Three Rivers Dairy and Farm, Inc., MN Ct of Appeals C6-02-1646 (2003), reinstating jury verdict of $627,000 against milking equipment dealer; Allen v. WPSC, WI Ct of Appeals, 2005 WI App 40 (2005), upholding jury verdict in favor of dairy farmer of $1,750,000, based on stray voltage negligence and nuisance claims.
Education
Juris Doctor: Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, MN (1993)
Master of Arts in Public Administration: Hamline University, St. Paul, MN (1999)
Bachelor of Science, Economics & Political Science: University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (1989)
Papers and Publications
Divorce and Family Law Weblog: Western Wisconsin is available at millerandmurray.wordpress.com
Pierce County Herald Blog at http://piercecountyheralddivorceandfamilylawweblog.areavoices.com/