Eric B. Miller

As an associate in the Litigation Department, Eric Miller represents clients in a variety of complex commercial disputes. His experience includes tort, product liability, toxic tort, construction, foreclosure, lender liability, Uniform Commercial Code, prejudgment remedy, unfair trade practice, employment, landlord-tenant, and contract disputes.

Eric litigates matters in both Connecticut State and Federal Courts, and has successfully tried cases to judgment. For example, in March, 2013, he obtained a multi-million dollar judgment in favor of a Lender client in a construction loan dispute with lender-liability counterclaims. Eric was also trial counsel for a commercial landlord in a breach of lease action and obtained a favorable judgment after a full trial.

In addition, Eric works closely with the Connecticut Veterans Legal Center and  represents veterans in housing proceedings. He is also certified to represent veterans in benefits cases before the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

Eric earned his J.D. with honors from the University of Connecticut School of Law, where he was a Notes and Comments Editor of the Connecticut Law Review. Eric is admitted to practice in both Connecticut and Massachusetts.

• Litigation
• Business Litigation
• Tort and Product Liability
• Construction
• Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights

• American Bar Association
• Connecticut Bar Association, Executive Committee, Young Lawyers Section
• Connecticut Bar Association, Litigation Section
• Connecticut Bar Association, Veterans and Military Affairs Section
• Oliver Ellsworth Inn of Court
• Hartford County Bar Association

• Connecticut Law Tribune 2014 New Leader in the Law
• Listed as Connecticut Super Lawyers® Rising Star in the area of Business Litigation in 2017 (Super Lawyers is a registered trademark of Key Professional Media, Inc.)
• CALI Award, Trial Advocacy, Fall 2008
• Notes and Comments Editor, Volume 42, Connecticut Law Review

• Externship, The Honorable Lois B. Tanzer, State of Connecticut Judicial Branch, May - August 2008
• Temporary Assistant Clerk, New Britain J.D. Courthouse, June 2007 - April 2008
• Internship, United States Attorney's Office, Hartford, Spring 2010

Community Solutions, Inc., Board of Directors

• October 23, 2014 - Eric B. Miller Elected Co-Chair of CBA's Young Lawyers Section Federal Practice Committee
• September 30, 2014 - Connecticut Law Tribune Names Murtha Cullina Attorneys New Leaders in Law
• May 30, 2014 - Murtha Cullina Attorney Honored by the CT Veterans Legal Center

• Employment Law 2013
• Employment Law 2012 - New Laws & Mandates: What an Employer Must Know to Manage its Workforce
• Employment Law 2011 to 2012: Navigating the Maze of New Laws and Mandates

• August 22, 2017 - AppellateInsights.com: Connecticut Supreme Court Upholds Duty of Schools to Warn or Protect Against Insect-borne Diseases in Travel Abroad Programs
• September 20, 2016 - CommunityBankingInsights.com: TIMBER! Liability for damage to private property caused from a fallen tree?
• September 16, 2016 - AppellateInsights.com: Revisiting Connecticut's Standard for Product Liability Design Defect Claims
• June 8, 2016 - CommunityBankingInsights.com: Moved to Massachusetts! Deposing a Relocated Borrower
• April 26, 2016 - CommunityBankingInsights.com: Securing the deposition of a Massachusetts resident for use in a Connecticut action
• April 14, 2016 - CommunityBankingInsights.com: Waive Goodbye to Juries
• Morton N. Katz - A lifetime of Service to Others

• Social Media Cases Under the National Labor Relations Act

• October 2012 - Eric B. Miller to present Murtha Cullina's Employment Law 2012: "What an Employer Must Know to Manage its Workforce"
• May 10, 2016 - Kristen L. Zaehringer and Elizabeth J. Stewart to Present "The Essentials of Federal Practice CLE" for the Connecticut Bar Association
• October 2013 - Eric Miller to present at Murtha Cullina's Employment Law 2013: "New Wine in Old Wineskins"
• October 2011 - Eric B. Miller to present Murtha Cullina's Employment Law 2011 to 2012: "Navigating the Maze of New Laws and Mandates"

• Connecticut
• Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
• U.S. Supreme Court

• University of Connecticut Law School (J.D., with honors, 2010)
• Clark University (M.A.T., 2007)
• Clark University (B.A. in Government and International Relations, 2006)