Mitchell, Caroline N.

Mr. Miller practices in the Firm's Complex Litigation, Pharmaceutical Products, and Toxic Torts & Products Liability groups. He has significant pretrial and trial experience that typically includes developing and managing the defense of mass toxic tort and products liability cases, analyzing ongoing litigation, coordinating the work of local counsel, selecting and preparing expert witnesses, deposing fact and expert witnesses, and drafting and arguing motions.

In the environmental context, Mr. Miller has successfully defended clients in mass toxic tort cases in state and federal courts in which the plaintiffs alleged personal injuries and property damages from exposures to chemicals including PCBs, dioxins, nuclear by-products, lead, arsenic, and TCE. He successfully represented a Fortune 500 public utility in a CERCLA cost recovery mediation against the United States in a "war plants" case. He has represented an aluminum manufacturer in a remediation cost-recovery action, defended a power plant in a citizen suit alleging violations of the PSD and NNSR provisions of the Clean Air Act, represented a pesticide manufacturer in litigation related to a cancellation proceeding under FIFRA, and represented a Fortune 500 chemical manufacturer in a NEPA case concerning genetically-modified alfalfa. Mr. Miller has also advised large chemical companies, manufacturers, public utilities, and other corporations on litigation risk assessment and compliance with statutory and regulatory schemes including CERCLA, the PSD and NNSR provisions of the Clean Air Act, FIFRA and NEPA.

Mr. Miller's product liability experience includes successfully defending a Fortune 500 automobile parts manufacturer in a federal consumer class action alleging defective product design, false advertising, and consumer fraud. In addition, he has defended large corporations in the context of serial and multidistrict litigation against personal injury allegations stemming from the use of prescription pharmaceuticals.

Mr. Miller's expertise extends to white collar matters. He has represented corporate clients undertaking internal audits and investigations to determine compliance with federal securities and health care laws, and he has represented clients confronted with ongoing government investigations and subpoenas from federal entities such as the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice. Mr. Miller also has experience with insurance coverage matters, having litigated claims on behalf of policy holders in several property damage and business interruption cases arising from Hurricane Katrina.

Mr. Miller devotes a substantial part of his practice to pro bono matters, which has given him the opportunity to try cases (successfully) before state and federal tribunals in matters involving contested adoptions and citizenship proceedings.

While attending law school, Mr. Miller served as Executive Editor of the Cleveland State Law Review and Vice-Chairperson of the Moot Court Board of Governors. Mr. Miller's moot court team was one of four teams that advanced from the 1997 American Bar Association's National Appellate Advocacy Competition's northeast regional division, and the team received the best brief award at the national division finals. His team also won the 1998 John Marshall National Moot Court Competition in Information Technology and Privacy Law.

Following law school, Mr. Miller clerked for the Honorable Thomas J. Moyer, Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, from 1999 to 2001.

Mr. Miller is an active member of the District of Columbia Bar Association and the Defense Research Institute

r. Miller practices in the Firm’s Complex Litigation, Pharmaceutical Products, and Toxic Torts & Products Liability groups. He has significant trial experience, and he manages all aspects of fact and expert discovery, takes and defends depositions, and drafts and argues motions.

Mr. Miller has been involved in the defense of 20 mass toxic tort cases in state and federal court in Mississippi in which the plaintiffs allege personal injuries from exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls. He also has worked on several white collar matters that included internal investigations and responding to requests from the federal government in various investigations, and several insurance coverage cases arising from Hurricane Katrina. Mr. Miller clerked for the Honorable Thomas J. Moyer, Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court from 1999 to 2001.