Office: Hamilton County – First District Court of Appeals
Age: 42
Residence: Cincinnati, OH
Email: chipmiller76@gmail.com
Website: http://www.judgecharlesmiller.com; https://www.facebook.c
om/Miller4Judge/
Occupation: Court of Appeals Judge (incumbent)
Education: J.D., Boston University; B.A., The Ohio State University
Work Experience: First District Court of Appeals — Judge; Keating
Muething & Klekamp — Partner; Supreme Court of Ohio — Law Clerk
to Justice O’Connor
Family: Married with 4 children (including one set of twins)
Affiliations: Ohio Court of Appeals Judges Association; The Ohio
Judicial Conference; Federalist Society; American Enterprise Institute
Leadership Network, Ohio Bar Association; Cincinnati Bar Association;
St. Gertrude Parish; Hamilton County Public Defender Commission
(Past Commissioner); Mt. Auburn International Academy (Past Board
President); Groveport Madison School Board (past member);
Leadership Council (past Scholarship Chair); United Way Emerging
Leaders (past member)
Endorsements: N/A
Bar Association Ratings: N/A
(1) List your judicial experience (courts and years):
I am honored and privileged to have been appointed by the Governor to
the First District Court of Appeals in February 2017. I have heard
hundreds of appeals from all trial courts in Hamilton County– Common
Pleas, Probate, Juvenile, Domestic Relations & Municipal.
The topics have included death penalty, felony, misdemeanor, zoning,
collective bargaining, constitutional questions, leases, foreclosures,
contracts, arbitration, sexual predator registration, parental rights,
juvenile delinquency, adoption, administrative law, and many others. I
am also honored to have been selected by the Chief Justice to sit on the
Supreme Court of Ohio as a visiting judge in place of a recused justice
on a case set for April 24, 2018.
(2) What about your non-judicial legal experience qualifies you to be a
judge?
Prior to assuming the bench, I was an AV Preeminent rated trial
attorney at KMK, a large law ×rm based in Cincinnati. I handled trials in
courts across the country, involving parties and transactions from
around the world. Important to my current job as an appeals court
judge, I handled numerous appeals in various Courts of Appeals in Ohio,
the U.S. Sixth Circuit, and the Ohio Supreme Court. The cases I handled
included landlord/tenant issues, torts, contract disputes, zoning,
election law, criminal, class action defense, shareholder suits, labor and
employment, customs, international trade, intellectual property, and
many others.
I also served on the Hamilton County Public Defender Commission.
This broad range of experience well prepared me for the broad range of
cases we see. Early in my career, I served as a law clerk for Justice
O’Connor at the Supreme Court of Ohio, where I was exposed to the
highest level of appellate legal practice in the State of Ohio. Assisting
with the review of those cases and crafting the written decisions,
taught me the skills and attributes necessary to be a good appellant
judge.
(3) Why are you running for this particular court seat?
I am passionate about my work. During oral arguments, I engage with
counsel to make sure the legal issues are framed in the clearest way
possible. In my written decisions, I strive to fully articulate and address
the strengths of each party’s case–particularly that of the losing party. I
do this so the parties understand that their arguments have been heard
and to help the lower courts best understand exactly what our court
says the law is on a given topic