Miller Johnson was founded in 1959 and with more than 90 attorneys we have grown to one of the largest law firms in West Michigan. Committed to excellence in service to our business, institutional and individual clients, we work in partnership with our clients to promote their success by providing innovative, solution-oriented, cost-effective services to meet all our clients’ legal needs. Miller Johnson’s diversified and challenging civil practice is divided into three major practice areas:
BUSINESS AND CORPORATE LAW
A thriving business practice makes up the core of the firm’s work. The varied needs of the small, medium, and large businesses we represent drive our practice. We serve all types of business organizations, ranging from publicly-traded corporations to family-owned businesses. Our clients represent virtually every profession and industry.
Our services are equally comprehensive, and each one is tailored to the specific nature of the client. We provide a complete array of services in the following broadly categorized areas of law:
- Administrative
- Antitrust
- Aviation
- Banking
- Bankruptcy; Creditors/Debtors Rights
- Business Succession Planning
- Commercial
- Computers
- Construction
- Contracts
- Copyright
- Corporate
- Distribution and Dealerships
- Employee Benefits
- Executive Compensation
- Environmental
- Estate Planning and Probate
- Finance
- Franchising
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- Government Relations
- Health Care
- Immigration
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- International
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Municipal
- Partnerships
- Real Estate
- Reorganizations
- Securities
- Tax Litigation
- Tax Planning
- Telecommunications
- Trade Associations
- Trademark and Trade Name
- Transportation
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EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR RELATIONS
We provide a full range of legal services to public and private employers, both union-free and organized, in every aspect of employment relations. Our clients include businesses of all sizes in the manufacturing, retail, construction, transportation, and health care industries as well as school districts, colleges, cities, counties, and other public employers.
We offer our knowledge and experience to develop policies, practices, and preventive programs that foster long-term profitability and positive employment relations, while achieving our client’s goals.
- Affirmative Action Plans and Audits
- Arbitration
- Business Closings and Relocations
- Business Expansions and Acquisitions
- Civil Rights and EEO, including Sections 1981 & 1983
- Collective Bargaining
- Disabilities and Accommodations
- Employee Benefits
- Employment Contracts
- Employment Discrimination
- Employee Handbooks and Personnel Policies
- Employment - Health Care
- FMLA Solutions
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- Immigration
- Injunctive Relief
- Occupational Safety and Health Matters
- OFCCP
- Teacher Tenure
- Trade Secret Protection and Noncompetition Agreements
- Unemployment Compensation
- Unfair Labor Practice Cases and All Matters Before the NLRB
- Union Avoidance
- Union Negotiations
- Wage and Hour
- Workers’ Compensation
- Workplace Harassment
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LITIGATION We handle cases in all state and federal courts, representing multinational corporations, local businesses, and individuals in cases ranging from simple to highly complex.
We view litigation as one means of dispute resolution, not as an end in itself, counseling clients on risk assessment and cost benefit before suit. When our clients are sued, we search for the most expeditious and least expensive means of resolution. Our lawyers have extensive experience with virtually every form of alternative dispute resolution (ADR).
If trial is a necessary or desired tool, our trial lawyers are among the most capable, experienced, and respected in the state.
- Antitrust
- Appellate
- Banking
- Civil Rights
- Class Action
- Commercial
- Computer
- Condemnation
- Construction
- Contracts
- Criminal
- Employment
- Environmental
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- ERISA
- Family Law
- First Amendment
- Health Care
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Personal Injury
- Products Liability
- Professional Malpractice
- Real Estate
- Securities
- Workers’ Compensation
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Professional Standing
Miller Johnson lawyers have been trained at some of the nation’s leading law schools, including the University of Michigan, Harvard, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Illinois, Indiana, and Wayne State.
The quality of Miller Johnson lawyers is reflected in the professional honors they have received. For example:
- Former Presidents of the State Bar of Michigan, the Grand Rapids Bar Association, the Kalamazoo County Bar Association, and the West Michigan Federal Bar Association.
- Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers, International Society of Barristers, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Michigan Bar Foundation, and American Bar Foundation.
- Chambers USA ranked Miller Johnson among Michigan’s best in litigation, corporate/M&A, labor & employment, and employee benefits & executive compensation.
- Miller Johnson is top-ranked in Michigan in Best Lawyers in eight categories including Bet-the-Company Litigation, Education Law, Family Law, and Land Use and Zoning Law. The firm also received number one rankings in Grand Rapids for 15 fields ranging from Alternative Dispute Resolution to Labor and Employment, from Mergers and Acquisitions to Tax Law. Finally, Miller Johnson attorneys were top listed in Kalamazoo in three areas including Family Law and Product Liability Litigation. In addition, thirty-three attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2010.
- Twenty-four attorneys from Miller Johnson have been selected for inclusion in Michigan Super Lawyers 2009. This includes the only attorney from outside the Detroit area to be on the Michigan Top 10 list, four Miller Johnson attorneys on the Michigan Top 100 list and one attorney is named in the Top 50 Women Super Lawyers list. In addition, four attorneys were listed as Michigan Rising Stars in the publication.
- In 2009, a Miller Johnson attorney was named a “Leader in the Law” by Michigan Lawyers Weekly while another was honored to be a “Thought Leader in the Law” by Business Review.