STACEY A. MILLER
Partner I

Tel: (818) 205-9955
Fax: (818) 205-9944
Email: smiller@tharpe-howell.com

STACEY A. MILLER is a Partner I in the Firm's Sherman Oaks office. Her practice focuses on all phases of civil litigation in both Federal and State courts, including arbitration, mediation and trial. She represents real estate owners, contractors, insurance companies and others in a broad range of matters including residential and commercial landlord/tenant disputes, racial and sex discrimination and sexual harassment claims, Americans with Disabilities Act claims, insurance coverage disputes, medical malpractice, product liability, wrongful death, personal injury, breach of contract, indemnity agreements, construction defect litigation and mold litigation.

Ms. Miller’s recent experience includes:

• Winning Special Motions to Strike pursuant to the Anti-SLAPP statute and the award of costs and attorney’s fees for her clients in two matters involving residential real estate tenancies with complaints alleging habitability and fraud.



• Obtaining a favorable verdict and award of attorney’s fees for 3 subcontractors in a construction defect case.



• Obtaining a defense verdict for an apartment building owner/manager in a jury trial involving burn injuries to tenants.



• Settling a million dollar property damage claim for $5,000 and a $3 million contractor liability construction defect claim for $150,000.



• Preventing wider scale litigation by negotiating a settlement in a residential landlord/tenant habitability suit involving multiple tenants.

Ms. Miller speaks frequently on a variety of legal issues including Landlord/Tenant law, mobilehome park tenancy, and the Fair Claims Practices Act.


AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• General Civil Litigation
  
  
• Coverage/Bad Faith
  
  
• Real Estate Litigation
  
  
• Landlord/Tenant Litigation
  
  
• Construction Defect Litigation
  
  
• Employment Litigation
  
  
• Products Liability
  
  
• Medical Malpractice
  
  
• Breach of contract.

EDUCATION
J.D., Pepperdine University School of Law, 1992
M.B.A., Pepperdine University School of Business and Management, 1991
B.A., Occidental College, 1988

BAR ADMISSIONS
State Bar of California

COURT ADMISSIONS
California Supreme Court
State of California
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court, Central District of California

LOCATION:
Los Angeles

PRACTICE AREAS:
Bad Faith and Coverage
Employment and Labor Law
General Litigation
Real Estate and Construction Law

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