Presentations

Presentations and Speaking Engagements by Ken Miller

  • Moderator, Use of Lethal Force by Police, 39th Annual CRF-OC [Virtual] Law Day Conference (Oct. 27, 2020), featuring panelists Sergio Perez, Executive Director of Orange County Office of Independent Review, Dave Grapilon, Assistant Chief of Special Operations Division, S.D. D.A. Office, and Lawrence Hanna, Esq.
  • Moderator, Facial Recognition Technology and the Fourth Amendment, 38th Annual CRF-OC Law Day Conference (March 3, 2020).
  • Guest Lecturer, “Opening Statements,” Professor Iversen’s Trial Advocacy, Loyola Law School, September 10, 2018
  • Guest Lecturer, “The Relationship Between Federal Rules of Evidence 404, 608 and 609,” Professor Iversen’s Evidence for Trial Lawyers, Loyola Law School, September 11, 2018
  • Moderator, “Civility and Professionalism in the Practice of Law,” the Warren J. Ferguson Inn of Court, February 13, 2018 (featuring panelists James V. Selna, United States District Judge and Cormac J. Carney, United States District Judge)
  • Moderator, “Views from the Bench: The Biggest Mistakes Lawyers Make in Presenting Their Cases,” the Warren J. Ferguson Inn of Court, May 12, 2015 (featuring panelists Josephine Staton, U.S. District Judge, Gail A. Andler, O.C. Superior Court Judge, Terri Flynn-Peister, O.C. Superior Court Judge, and Douglas F. McCormick, U.S. Magistrate Judge)
  • Moderator, “What Is So Different About ‘White Collar’ Criminal Defense,” the Orange County Criminal Defense Bar Association, June 26, 2014 (featuring panelists James D. Riddet and H. Dean Steward)
  • Adjunct Professor, “Civil Procedure Before Trial,” Chapman University, Dale E. Fowler School of Law, Fall 2013
  • Panelist, “The Devil is in the Details: Plea Agreement Practice and Pitfalls,” 2013 Annual Criminal Practice Seminar, Federal Bar Association, O.C. Chapter, and Orange County Criminal Defense Bar Association, November 7, 2013
  • Speaker, “Internal Investigations,” CLE presented by Bienert, Miller & Katzman, PLC, September 13, 2012
  • Presenter, “Organized Crime and Terrorism, to the People’s Procuratorate of Hunan Province, P.R. China,” International Education Programs College of the Extended University, Cal. Poly Pomona, April 12, 2012/li>
  • Participant, “White-Collar Defense Roundtable,” California Lawyer, September 2011 (participants also included Terree Bowers, Judge Stephen Larson, George Niespolo, Judge Tom McConville, and Jim Sanders)
  • Participant, “White-Collar Defense Roundtable,” California Lawyer, January 2011 (participants also included Steve Mansfield, Raymond Marshall, Nathan Hochman, “Greg” Scott, and Kristen Rivera)
  • Presenter, “The Basics of State and Federal Habeas Corpus; Including Death Penalty Cases,” Orange County Paralegal Association, March 24, 2011
  • Speaker, “Affirmative and Other Defenses: A Fresh Look,” Training Seminar for the Federal Public Defender’s Office, Central District of California, June 11, 1998
  • Speaker, “Creative Downward Departures,” Advanced Federal Sentencing Practice Seminar, Federal Bar Association, O.C. Chapter, February 10, 1996
  • Moderator or Panelist on Constitutional Rights Foundation’s “Law Day” presentations: 2001-2010, 2012, 2015 and 2019
  • Frequent Moot Court Judge at Chapman University’s Dale E. Fowler School of Law
Ken Miller Law

Ken Miller

  • Partner, Bienert, Miller & Katzman, PLC, 2007-2018
  • Adjunct Professor, “Civil Procedure Before Trial,” Chapman University, Dale E. Fowler School of Law, Fall 2013
  • Deputy Federal Public Defender, Central District of California, 1991-1993
  • Law Clerk to the Honorable Roger D. Foley, U.S. District Court, Nevada
  • J.D., Order of the Coif, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (1990). Law Review, top 5% first-year class and top 10% graduating class
  • B.A., Government, University of Texas, Austin (1986)

Professional Recognition

Southern California Super Lawyer in White Collar Criminal Defense 2009 – Present

AV – Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell 2011 – Present

Lawyer-Delegate to Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference 2011 – 2014