Steve Miller
Partner
ssmiller@cmlseattle.com
206-340-1033 ext. 301
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Steve Miller joined the firm in 1990 after serving as Legal Counsel to the King County Council. He has previously been a deputy prosecutor, Fulbright Lecturer at the University of Indonesia Law School and associate for a major Seattle law firm. For over fifteen years, Steve has practiced immigration law, specializing in the needs of businesses and professionals with a particular interest in medical and biomedical researchers, and complex and difficult cases, including a number of humanitarian and asylum cases. He has been a featured speaker on business related immigration law, writes for professional publications and the general media and has been quoted in local and national publications including the Wall Street Journal. Steve recently served as the President of the Washington State Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and still serves on the Executive Committee as immediate Past Chair.
Education
- Stanford University, BA, Economics, Phi Beta Kappa, 1972
- Harvard Law School, JD with honors, 1977
Awards & Recognition
- Super Lawyer - Washington Law & Politics
- Best Lawyers in America® – Woodward/White
- The International Who’s Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers®
- The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers®
- Top Tier Ranking - Chambers USA
Professional and Community Involvement
- American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Past Chapter President
- Past Member of the National Board of Governors
- Volunteer Attorney with the KCBA Neighborhood Legal Clinic, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, and One America
- Advisory Committee for Immigrant Families Advocacy Project (U.W. Law School)
- Volunteer Attorney
- Bellevue Community College 2006 to present
- Trustee, Vice Chair
- Bellevue School Board 1993-2004
- Past President
Why Do I Practice Immigration Law?
Having lived abroad, I practice immigration law because I get the opportunity to represent individuals whose life stories are fascinating and whose talents and energies this country needs. I enjoy the challenge of getting my clients through the difficulties imposed by an unnecessarily obstacle-strewn immigration system.