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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.
Cylenthia 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 Chair of the
National Bar Association, Women Lawyers Division; Secretary of the Board of
Directors of the Association of Black Judges of Michigan (By-Laws Committee
Chairperson & Community Outreach Chairperson); and a member of the Michigan
District Judges Association Board of Directors (Newsletter Editor). 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 Life Member of the
National Council of Negro Women and Golden Heritage Life Member of the NAACP.
Judge Miller is 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:
U.S. Congressional Certificate of Recognition, Cong, Shelia Jackson Lee, 2008;
City of Detroit Distinguished Service Award, 2008; Sheroe Award, McKinney
Elementary School, February 2008; Special Recognition Award, Wolverine Bar
Association, June 2007; President’s Award, National Bar Association, August
2006 & August 2000; 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 two articles regarding employment law matters, which
were published in 1998. |
