Justin Miller (attorney and professor)

Justin T. Miller is an attorney and professor in San Francisco, California. He is notable as a published author and nationally recognized speaker in the United States in the fields of tax and estate planning. Miller has also been featured as an industry expert in numerous business publications, including The Wall Street Journal, the ABA Journal, The Recorder, the Daily Journal, the Chicago Lawyer, and the New York Law Journal.

Education

Miller grew up in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles, California. He attended Palisades High School in Pacific Palisades, where he began taking college level courses in physics and calculus at the age of 15. By the age of 16, he was offered early acceptance into the UCLA honors program. In addition, he was concertmaster of the Palisades High School orchestra, an all city varsity tennis player, and starting offensive lineman on the Palisades High School football team. Miller earned his bachelor’s degree, with honors, in only 2 1/2 years from University of California at Berkeley in 1995 with a major in political science and a minor in music. He received a master of laws in taxation and a juris doctor in 1999 from New York University School of Law, where he participated in an accelerated joint degree program. He also earned his credentials as a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) in 2005.

Professional Life

Miller began his career as an attorney at the prestigious international law firm of Sidley Austin in 1999. He joined Wells Fargo in 2005, and was promoted to the position of senior vice president and managing director by the time he was 30. In 2011, Miller joined BNY Mellon as a senior director and national wealth strategist. And, in 2012, Miller became a professor at Golden Gate University School of Law.

Miller serves on the board of directors of the California Bar Foundation and is a former member of the board of directors of the Constitutional Rights Foundation. He is a member of the Bar of the United States Tax Court and a member of the State Bar of California. Miller is also a former member of the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Tax Section and the former chair of Century City Bar Association Tax Section.