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Judge Miller is the
former Director of the Detroit Workforce Development Department, a Michigan
Works! Agency. In her capacity as director, she supervised and directed the
daily activities of the department and contractors. In addition, she ensured
that the department and contractors complied with the federal, state, and local
statutes, regulations, rules, and policies for the grants and programs within
the department.
Prior to her position as Director of the Detroit Workforce
Development Department, Judge Miller was the assistant general counsel to the
Mayor of the City of Detroit, where she performed legal research and writing
for the Mayor and the Executive Office staff of the City. Judge Miller has
extensive experience as a labor and employment attorney, having handled all
phases of traditional labor and employment litigation matters while in private
practice at Lewis & Munday, P.C. and at Dykema Gossett, PLLC. Judge Miller’s
practice included labor negotiations, arbitration hearings, administrative
matters and cases involving harassment and discrimination based on race,
gender, age, religion, and disability, breach of contract, ERISA benefits, and
defamation of character.
Before becoming an attorney, Judge Miller was employed as a
Crisis Line Counselor and Supervisor at the Wayne County Crisis Line, a
Regulatory Specialist at the Michigan Credit Union League, and as a Mediator of
landlord/tenant disputes at Wayne County Neighborhood Legal Services.
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LaToye Miller received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Wayne
State University in 1988. She received her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from
Michigan State University-Detroit College of Law in 1996. Judge Miller was
admitted to the State Bar of Michigan in 1996 and to the State Bar of Arkansas
in 1997.
Judge Miller is President-Elect of the Association of Black
Judges of Michigan (By-Laws Committee Chairperson & Cross Bar Community Forum
Chairperson); a member of the Michigan District Judges Association Board of
Directors (Newsletter Committee Chairperson); and Vice-Chair, Charitiers I.
She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Charles H. Wright Museum
of African American History and a member of St. Cecilia Roman Catholic Church;
the Wolverine Bar Association; the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan; the
State Bar of Michigan; Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; and a Golden Heritage
Life Member of the NAACP. Judge Miller is Immediate Past Chair and current
Board member of the Women Lawyers Division of the National Bar Association; a
Past President of the Wolverine Bar Association; and a Past President of the
Women Lawyers Association of Michigan.
Throughout her
career, Judge Miller has received numerous awards and honors, including, but
not limited to: Humanitarian of the Year Award, Michigan Business & Technical
Institute, December 2009; 2008-09 Member of the Year, Association of Black
Judges of Michigan, August 2009; President’s Award, National Bar Association,
August 2009, 2006, & 2000; Sheroe Award, McKinney Elementary School, February
2008; Special Recognition Award, Wolverine Bar Association, June 2007; Shining
Star Award, Wolverine Bar Association, September 2005; Citizen Lawyer Award,
State Bar of Michigan, August 2005; Distinguished Alumni Award, Wolverine
Student Bar Association, April 2003; Top 5 Up & Coming Lawyer, Michigan Lawyers
Weekly, August 2001; 2000-2001 Member of the Year, Wolverine Bar Association,
June 2001; and Dent/Murphy Trailblazer Award, Wolverine Student Bar
Association, Spring 2000.
Judge Miller is
also a published co-author of the following articles: Former Drug Addicts in
the Workplace, An Employer's Dilemma, Laches, Oakland County Bar Association,
August 1998, No. 391, with co-author, Thomas J. Guyer; and Sexual Harassment:
Recent U. S. Supreme Court Decisions, Labor and Employment Lawnotes, Labor and
Employment Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan, Winter 1998, Vol. 8, No.
4, with Camille Stearns Miller. |
