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J. Scott Miller
Spokane, Washington

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J. Scott Miller was born in Olympia, Washington on March 17, 1953. In 1984 he was admitted to the bar of the Washington State Supreme Court, the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Washington and the United States 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. In 1992 he was also admitted to practice before the bar of the Idaho State Supreme Court and the United States District Court of Idaho. Mr. Miller was graduated from Gonzaga University with a B.A. degree (magna cum laude) in 1980, and received a J.D. degree from Gonzaga University School of Law in 1984.

Mr. Miller is a member of the Spokane County Bar Association, the Washington State Bar Association, the Idaho State Bar Association, and the Defense Research Institute. He is also a member of the American Bar Association House of Delegates, and was elected as a Fellow in the American Bar Foundation in 1993. He is also an adjunct professor at Gonzaga University School of Law where he teaches Insurance Law.

Mr. Miller's practice emphasizes insurance defense, insurance coverage matters, employment discharge disputes, business law, civil litigation and appeals. He practices in both Washington and Idaho.

Areas of Practice:: Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage Matters; Employment Discharge Disputes; Business Law; Civil Litigation and Appeals

Litigation Percentage:: 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:: Washington, 1984; Idaho, 1992

Education:: Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, Washington, June, 1984
JD

Representative Cases:: IDOL v. Sunset Marts, 91 P.3d 1111 (Idaho Supreme 2004); Schuchman v. Hoehn, 79 P.3d 6 (Washington Appellate 2003); Olsen v. Wilbur School District, 2002 WL 339421 (Washington Appellate 2002); Jalloh v. Anderson, 2002 WL 596369 (Washington Appellate 2002); Coghlan v. Beta Theta Pi, 987 P.2d 300 (Idaho Supreme Court 1999); Goad v. Hambridge & Springdale Lumber, 931 P.2d 200 (Washington Court of Appeals Div. 3 1997); American States Insurance v. Brooks Construction, 1997 WL 271501 (Washington Appellate 1997); Marquis v. City of Spokane, 922 P.2d 43 (Washington State Supreme Court 1996); Idaho v. Fry and Pioneer Bail Bonds, 910 P.2d 164 (Idaho Supreme Couft 1994); Bliss v. City of Newport, 792 P.2d 184 (Wash.App. Div. 3 1990); Powell v. Viking Ins. Co., 722 P.2d 1343 (Wash.App. Div. 3 1986); Dickinson v. Edwards, 716 P.2d 814 (Wash. 1986)

Representative Clients:: Austin Mutual Insurance; Foremost Insurance; Grocers Insurance; Inflation Systems, Inc.; Mid Continent Insurance; National Farmers Union Insurance; Royal Sun & Alliance Insurance; SAFECO/American States Insurance; Safeway Stores, Inc.; T.H.E. Insurance; Washington Insurance Guaranty Association

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Insurance Law, Gonzaga University School of Law