Mr. Phillip L. Miller has been in practice since 1992. He received his bachelor's degree from Indiana University and graduated with honors from Valparaiso University School of Law. He is a past president of the Goshen City Bar Association and a member of the Indiana State Bar Association and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Education:
Indiana University-Bloomington B.A. 1986
Valparaiso School of Law, Cum Laude J.D. 1992

Professional:
Partner at Leatherman & Miller Law Office, Goshen, IN 1994- present
Board Member - Elkhart County Public Defender Board 2019-present
Former Public Defender for Elkhart County 1996-2012
Member, Indiana State Bar Association; admitted 1992
Member, Goshen City Bar Association

Litigation Practice:
29 years jury trial experience in criminal cases, juvenile defense and traffic defense. Trial experience includes Murder, Rape, Criminal Confinement, OWI Serious Bodily Injury, Theft, Habitual Traffic Offender, Sexual Battery.

Appellate Practice :
Indiana Supreme Court (1997): Joyner v State, 678 N.E.2d 386 (Ind. 1997) cited in 247 decisions. Reversal of Defendant's Murder conviction and remand for new trial.

Indiana Supreme Court (2013): Oral argument before the Indiana Supreme Court seeking transfer in Perez v State, 996 N.E.2d 328 (Ind. 2013) with transfer denied.

Indiana Court of Appeals (2013): Perez v State, 981 N.E.2d 1242 (Ind. Ct. App. 2013)