Douglas P. Miller, Associate Justice

Name: Douglas P. Miller

Position: Justice, Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division 2

EDUCATION

• Pepperdine University School of Law, Juris Doctor awarded 1978
• Brigham Young University, Bachelor of Arts in Economics awarded 1975

DATE OF ADMISSION TO BAR

• 1978

PROFESSIONAL LEGAL BACKGROUND

• Law Offices of Thomas T. Anderson, Indio, California 1978-1995
• Judge, Riverside County, California 1995-2006

JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE

• Appointed to the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division Two, by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, June 2006
• Appointed to the Riverside Superior Court by Governor Pete Wilson, 1995
  • Presiding Judge of the Riverside County Superior Court of California
    January 1, 2003 - December 31, 2004
  • Assistant Presiding Judge of the Riverside County Superior Court
    January 1, 2001 - December 31, 2002
  • Supervising Judge of the Riverside County Superior Court, Desert Judicial District
    1999 - 2002
  • Assistant Supervising Judge of the Riverside County Superior Court, Desert Judicial District
    1996 - 1998

Committee Memberships

State of California
Judicial Council of California, Administrative Office of the Courts, San Francisco

• California State Bar Task Force on Lawyer Support for Legal Services, Chair 2006 - present
• Probate Conservatorship Task Force 2006 - present
• Member of the Judicial Council of California September 2004 - September 2007
• Trial Court Presiding Judges Advisory Committee, 2003 - 2004
• Trial Court Executive Management Budget Working Group, 2002 - 2004
• Co-Chair of Presiding Judges & Court Executives Legislation Subcommittee, 2003 - 2004
• Civil Law Education Planning Committee, 2003 - 2004
• Temporary Judges Working Group Co-Chairperson, 2003 - present
• Community-Focused Court Planning Implementation, 1998 - 2003
• Community-Focused Strategic Planning Steering Committee, 1997 - 1998
• Civil & Small Claims Advisory Committee, 1998-2002, Chairperson, 2000 - 2002
  • Subcommittee assignments-Case Management, Small Claims, Legislative)
• Enhanced Collections Collaborative Court-Working Group 2003 - present
  • Co-Chairperson of Education & Training
• Branchwide Communications Workgroup, 2003 - present
• Working Group on Term of Presiding Judge, 2004
• Task Force on Judicial Ethics Issues, 2004
• Consultant CJER: Judges Guide to ADR, 2004
• Bench-Bar Coalition, 2004 - present
• Science and the Law Steering Committee, 2005 - present
• Editorial Board, California Courts Review, 2005 - present

California Judges Association, San Francisco

• Mid-Year Planning Committee 2004 - present
• Executive Board of Directors, 1999 - 2002
• Vice President, 2001 - 2002
• Civil Law & Procedure Committee, 1998 - 1999
• Public Information & Education, 1996 - 1998

County of Riverside

• VIP Mentors, Board of Directors 2007 - present
• Self-Represented Litigants Oversight Committee, Riverside Superior Court (Appellate Member) 2006 - present
• Presiding Judge of the Superior Court of California, January 1, 2003 - December 31, 2004
• Executive Committee, 1996 - present
• Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, 1997 - 2002
• Criminal Justice Liaison Committee, Chairperson, 2002 - 2004
• Community Outreach Committee, Desert Judicial District, 1999 - present
• Jury Committee, 1997 - 2002
• Superior Court Appellate Department, 1997 - 2001
• Court Security Committee, 1997 - 2002
• Grand Jury Committee, 2000 - 2001

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, AFFILIATIONS AND AWARDS

• 2006 American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) Inland County Trial Judge of the Year

Judicial Teaching Experience

• Brigham Young University, School of Law, Trial Advocacy Program, Lecturer, 2004
• Orrin G. Hatch Distinguished Trial Lawyer Program, Vice Chair 2004 - present
• Civil Law Institute, Civil Case Management, 2003, 2004
  • Miscellaneous Migraines, 2004
• Judicial College, Civil Case Management, 2003, 2004
• Presiding Judges Orientation, instructor/facilitator, 2003, 2004
• Case Management Orientation Programs-Santa Ana and San Francisco, 2001
• Coachella Valley Leadership Conference, 2001 - 2003
• Class II - Government, Law Enforcement and the Judicial System

Community Activities

• Warren E. Slaughter American Inn of Court, Palm Springs, California
  • Founding Member; Board of Directors 1997 - present
  • President 1999 - 2002
• Desert Bar Association
  • Trustee, 1990 - 1995
  • President, 1995
• Bench/Bar/Media Group, Indio, California, Founding Member, 1998 - present
• Government In Action Program, Indio, California, Founding Member
• Boys and Girls Club of Coachella Valley
  • Board Member, 2003 - present
  • Secretary, 2004 - present
• Teach the Teachers Program for Coachella Valley School Districts, 2001 - present
• First Impressions Program, Oasis School, Thermal, California 1999 - present
• Desert Judges Speakers Bureau, 1998 - present
• YMCA, Youth and Government, Desert Family, Palm Desert, CA, 1999 - present
• Statewide Advisor to Trial Courts Program, 2004 - present