Brian Miller Nominated to Federal Court Bench

 (October 16, 2007/Little Rock, Arkansas) The White House announced the nomination of former Martin Tate attorney and Arkansas Court of Appeals Judge Brian Miller to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas today. Judge Miller would replace George Howard, Jr., who died in April and was the first African-American federal judge in Arkansas.

United States Senator Blanche Lambert (D-Ark) released a statement today stating that she was "proud to support Judge Brian Miller’s nomination to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Having both grown up in Helena, I have known Judge Miller and his family all of my life and have seen their contributions to the community firsthand. . . . I believe Judge Miller is well-qualified to fill the important judicial post vacated by Judge Howard. Arkansans are well-served by this nomination, and I look forward to introducing Judge Miller to my Senate colleagues and working toward his confirmation."

Judge Miller practiced law in Martin Tate’s Memphis, Tennessee and Helena, Arkansas offices from his graduation from Vanderbilt Law School in 1996 to his appointment to the Arkansas Court of Appeals in 2007. While at Martin Tate, Judge Miller had a distinguished legal career focusing on litigation.