Consultant
254 State Street
PO Box 46 (36601)
Mobile, AL 36603
251.439.7518 tel
251.431.9406 fax


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John Miller, Jr., joined Jones Walker in 2008 as a member of the firm's Corporate & Securities Practice Group. He was one of the founding members of the law firm of Miller, Hamilton, Snider & Odom L.L.C., where he practiced in the areas of bank regulatory issues, bank mergers and acquisitions, and complex financial institution litigation.

Mr. Miller received his J.D. from the University of Alabama, where he served as Case and Comment Editor of the Alabama Law Review and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. From 1971 until 1973, he served as Chief of Staff to United States Congressman Walter Flowers and then as Counsel to the United States Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs under the chairmanship of Senator John Sparkman. From 1973 until 1977, Mr. Miller served first as Assistant to the Director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and subsequently as Deputy to the Chairman of the FDIC. He served as Chairman of the Alabama Democratic Party from 1998 until 2001 and chaired the Governor's Special Commission on the Alabama State Docks. He has served on the Board of Trustees of Auburn University since 2000. Mr. Miller also serves on the Board of Directors of Colonial BancGroup, Inc., and chairs the Mobile Downtown Redevelopment Commission.

Noteworthy

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2009 (Copyright 2008 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) in the areas of Banking Law, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, and Corporate Law
• AV® Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell. CV, BV and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Ratings fall into two categories—legal ability and general ethical standards.
• Listed in the 2008 edition of Alabama Super Lawyers in the area of Banking
• Recognized in "Chambers USA – America's Leading Lawyers for Business" the the area of Banking & Finance

News

• Sixty-Three Jones Walker Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2009; Jones Walker Top-Listed in Louisiana
• Miller and Hamilton Mentioned in Bay Area B2B Article

Memberships

• Alabama State Bar Association
• American Bankers Association (Member, Government Relations Council and Administrative committee of the Government Relations Council, 1985–1987)
• American Bar Association (Member, Committee on Developments in Investment Services; Subcommittee on Regulatory Matters, 1983 to date)
• District of Columbia Bar
• Federal Bar Association
• Mobile Bar Association