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Hon. Sondra M. Miller
Chief Counsel
Practice Areas: Appeals, Mediation, Collaborative Law, Matrimonial and Family Law, Litigation
Email:     smiller@mccarthyfingar.com
Phone:    914-385-1015 (direct)
Fax:        914-946-0134
 
Professional Biography

Justice Miller was appointed to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Second Department by Governor Mario Cuomo in January 1990 (retired 1/1/06). She had served as a New York State Supreme Court Judge in the Ninth Judicial District, having been elected in 1986, and had served as a Family Court Judge in Westchester County from 1983-1986. Among Justice Miller's "firsts" are her law degree from Harvard Law School (she was in its first class to admit women); her election to the Supreme Court, Ninth Judicial District in November 1986 (the first Democrat to win a contested election in the 9th Judicial District in nearly 100 years); and her appointment as Associate Justice, Appellate Division, Second Department, in January 1990 (the first woman in the 9th Judicial District to be so recognized).

Click at Speaking Engagements for a recent partial list of some of Judge Miller’s speaking engagements before various professional groups. Click at Attorney News for items of news for Judge Miller published on our web site.

Areas of Experience:
Judge Miller leads the Firm's Appellate Practice. She is a mediator, collaborative lawyer and a member of the Firm's Litigation and Matrimonial and Family Law groups.
Professional and Community Involvement:
 

Current Officer, Director, Chair, Member

Director, Office of Family Services, New York State Office of Court Administration

Chair, New York State Task Force on Family Violence
Member, Board of Visitors, Pace University School of Law
Justice In Residence, Pace University School of Law
Director, Benjamin N. Cardozo Society
 

Bar Association Memberships

New York County Lawyers' Association

 

Former Officer, Director, Chair, Member

Chair, Matrimonial Commission (Appointed by Chief Judge of New York State Court of Appeals)
Founder, Co-President, and Vice President, Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert (JALBCA)
Chair, Ninth Judicial District Committee to Promote Gender Fairness in the Courts
Member, Governor's Task Force on Youth Crime and Violence
Chief Judge's Committee to Examine Lawyers' Conduct
Member, New York State Committee on Child Support
Member, Parent Education Commission
Director, New York State Association of Women Judges
Vice President, Harvard Law School Association
 

Other Community Organizations

Member, League of Women Voters of New York State

Harvard Club

Education:
L.L.B., Harvard Law School, 1953
B.A., Wellesley College, 1950
Admitted to Practice:
New York