J. Kent Miller
Kent Miller
Denver
Colorado (CO)
Insurance Coverage
Professional Liability: Plaintiff
Professional Liability: Defense
Profile
J. Kent Miller has 40 years of specialization in insurance and personal injury law in Colorado. After thirteen years in a Denver insurance defense firm (ten years as partner) he founded the plaintiff practice of Gerash, Robinson, Miller & Miranda. In 1987 he founded Miller & McCarren P.C. of which he is Of Counsel today. Mr. Miller now regularly provides expert witness and consultation services to other attorneys in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana and other jurisdictions. Such engagements include opinions on insurance coverage and expert witness opinions on insurance bad faith and legal malpractice together with testimony in state and federal courts as requested. His four-volume treatise, Colorado Personal Injury Practice - Torts & Insurance, 2nd (West Publishing, 2000) has been cited as authority by the Colorado Court of Appeals, the Colorado Supreme Court and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Selected To
Colorado Super Lawyers 2011
Colorado Super Lawyers 2010
Colorado Super Lawyers 2009
About Kent Miller
Admitted: 1970, Colorado
Professional Webpage: www.martindale.com/J-Kent-Miller/297085-lawyer.htm?opredir=1
Honors and Awards:
- Award: Best Article in Trial Talk for year 1991, Colorado Trial Lawyers Ass'n, 1991
- Annual Award from Colorado Defense Lawyers Ass'n to CTLA member "Exhibiting Highest Standards of Competency, Ethics and Professionalism", Colorado Defense Lawyers Ass'n, 2007
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Colorado, American Trial Lawyers Association, 2010
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Member of Colorado and Denver Bar Ass'n continuously since 1970. Member CBA Professional Liability Committee. Past Director, Colo. Trial Lawyers Ass'n (1984-90) and Treasurer, Colo. Defense Lawyers Ass'n (1975). Panel member, American Arbitration Ass'n. Advocate in American Board of Trial Advocates.
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Author: Colorado Personal Injury Practice -- Torts & Insurance, 2 volume treatise in Colorado Practice Series, West Pub. 1989, updated annually through 1999. Co-author, Colorado Personal Injury Practice -- Torts & Insurance 2nd Ed., 4 volume treatise, West Pub. 2000, updated annually to date (3rd edition to be published 2012). Authored dozens of articles in local and national legal publications, including Colo. Bar Ass'n The Colorado Lawyer, CTLA's Trial Talk and ATLA national Trial magazine; author of "Torts" chapter, Colo. Bar Ass'n Annual Survey Colorado Law, 1982-2000. Dozens of seminar and lecture presentations to judicial conferences, Colorodo Bar sponsored CLE, Colorado Trial Lawyers Ass'n, Western Trial Lawyers, and ATLA national meeting.
Verdicts and Settlements:
- Testified as expert witness for various law firms representing Allstate, Farmers, St. Paul, Travelers, American Family etc., resulting in defense verdicts for insurers on bad faith claims. 1994 to date
- Expert witness for plaintiff in Rapid Funding LLC v. James River Ins. Co. Verdict for plaintiff: $3,000,000 breach of insurance contract, $2,350,000 insurance bad faith. USDC Colorado, 648 F.3d 1134, C.A.10 (Colo. 2011), 2009
- Expert witness for plaintiff in Meyette vs. American Standard Ins. Co., Dist. Ct. Pueblo County, Colo. (Case No. 2010CV1492) Verdict for plaintiff included $250,000 punitive damages., 2011
Representative Clients:
- Practice is limitied to engagements by attorneys or law firms, for consultation and/or expert witnesss opinions.
Other Outstanding Achievements:
- Adjunct faculty, University of Denver College of Law, teaching Torts
Educational Background:
- B.S. Business Administration, University of Kansas, 1966
See Scholarly Lectures & Writings above
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