Douglas P. Miller

Douglas P. Miller

Associate Justice
Division Two
Since 2006

Name: Douglas P. Miller
Position: Justice, Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division 2

PERSONAL

  • Born 1952 in Whittier, California
  • Married; six children, five grandchildren

EDUCATION

  • Pepperdine University School of Law, Juris Doctor awarded 1978
  • Brigham Young University, Bachelor of Arts in Economics awarded 1975

DATE OF ADMISSION TO BAR - 1978

PROFESSIONAL LEGAL BACKGROUND

  • Law Offices of Thomas T. Anderson, Indio, California 1978-1995
  • Judge, Riverside County, California 1995-2006
  • Associate Justice, Fourth Appellate District, Division Two 2006-present

JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE

  • Appointed to the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division Two, by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, June 2006
  • Appointed to the Riverside Superior Court by Governor Pete Wilson, 1995
    • Presiding Judge of the Riverside County Superior Court of California
      January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2004
    • Assistant Presiding Judge of the Riverside County Superior Court
      January 1, 2001 – December 31, 2002
    • Supervising Judge of the Riverside County Superior Court, Desert Judicial District
      1999 – 2002
    • Assistant Supervising Judge of the Riverside County Superior Court, Desert Judicial District
      1996 – 1998

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS

State of California
Judicial Council of California, San Francisco

  • Member of the Judicial Council of California September 2010 – Present
    • Chair, Executive and Planning Committee July 2011 – Present
    • Chair, Rules and Projects Committee – 2010
  • Vice Chair, Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinions January 2011 – Present
  • Commission on the Future of California’s Court System 2014 – present
  • Commission on Access to Justice 2008 – present
  • Commission for Impartial Courts, Task Force on Judicial Candidate Campaign Conduct, Chair, September 2007 – Present
  • Continuing Judicial Studies Program Education Committee, 2007 – 2010
  • California State Bar Task Force on Lawyer Support for Legal Services, Chair 2006 – 2008
  • Science and the Law Steering Committee, 2005 – 2007
  • Editorial Board, California Courts Review, 2005 – present
  • Bench-Bar Coalition, 2004 – present
  • Temporary Judges Working Group Co-Chairperson, 2003 – 2007
  • Probate Conservatorship Task Force 2006 – 2008
  • Member of the Judicial Council of California September 2004 – June 2006
  • Enhanced Collections Collaborative Court-Working Group 2003 – 2007
  • Trial Court Presiding Judges Advisory Committee, 2003 – 2004
  • Co-Chair of Presiding Judges & Court Executives Legislation Subcommittee, 2003 – 2004
  • Civil Law Education Planning Committee, 2003 – 2004
  • Trial Court Executive Management Budget Working Group, 2002 – 2004
  • Community-Focused Court Planning Implementation, 1998 – 2003
  • Working Group on Term of Presiding Judge, 2004
  • Task Force on Judicial Ethics Issues, 2004
  • Consultant CJER: Judges Guide to ADR, 2004
  • Civil & Small Claims Advisory Committee, 1998-2002, Chairperson, 2000 – 2002
  • Subcommittee assignments-Case Management, Small Claims, Legislative)
  • Community-Focused Strategic Planning Steering Committee, 1997 – 1998

California Supreme Court

  • Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics Advisory Opinions Vice-Chairperson, 2010 – present

California Judges Association, San Francisco

  • Mid-Year Planning Committee 2004 – 2009
  • Executive Board of Directors, 1999 – 2002
  • Vice President, 2001 – 2002
  • Civil Law & Procedure Committee, 1998 – 1999
  • Public Information & Education, 1996 – 1998

County of Riverside

  • VIP Mentors, Board of Directors 2007 – present
  • Self-Represented Litigants Oversight Committee, Riverside Superior Court (Appellate Member) 2006 – present
  • Presiding Judge of the Superior Court of California, January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2004
  • Executive Committee, 1996 – 2006
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, 1997 – 2002
  • Criminal Justice Liaison Committee, Chairperson, 2002 – 2004
  • Community Outreach Committee, Desert Judicial District, 1999 – 2006
  • Jury Committee, 1997 – 2002
  • Superior Court Appellate Department, 1997 – 2001
  • Court Security Committee, 1997 – 2002
  • Grand Jury Committee, 2000 – 2001

ACTIVITIES, AFFILIATIONS AND AWARDS

  • 2008 California Bench-Bar Coalition Judicial Officer of the Year
  • 2007 Martin Luther King Award – Mid-Valley Interfaith Council
  • 2006 American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) Inland County Trial Judge of the Year

JUDICIAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  • Adjunct Professor of Law, University of LaVerne, School of Law, 2010 – present
  • Brigham Young University, School of Law, Trial Advocacy Program, Lecturer, 2004
  • Orrin G. Hatch Distinguished Trial Lawyer Program, Vice Chair 2004 – present
  • Civil Law Institute, Civil Case Management, 2003, 2004
  • Miscellaneous Migraines, 2004
  • Judicial College, Civil Case Management, 2003, 2004
  • Presiding Judges Orientation, instructor/facilitator, 2003, 2004
  • Case Management Orientation Programs-Santa Ana and San Francisco, 2001
  • Coachella Valley Leadership Conference, 2001 – 2003
  • Class II – Government, Law Enforcement and the Judicial System

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

  • Center for Excellence in Advocacy, University of LaVerne, School of Law, Board of Directors, 2009 – present
  • Literacy 21, Executive Director, 2008 – present
  • Boys and Girls Club of America, National Area Council Committee, 2010 – present
  • Jeremiah Milbank National Gold Medallion Award recipient, 2016
  • Boys and Girls Club of Coachella Valley
  • President, 2008 – present
  • Board Member, 2003 – present
  • Secretary, 2004 – 2007
  • East African Breast Cancer Project, Board of Directors, 2007 – present
  • Teach the Teachers Program for Coachella Valley School Districts, 2001 – present
  • First Impressions Program, Oasis School, Thermal, California 1999 – present
  • YMCA, Youth and Government, Desert Family, Palm Desert, CA, 1999 – present
  • Bench/Bar/Media Group, Indio, California, Founding Member, 1998 – 2006
  • Desert Judges Speakers Bureau, 1998 – 2006
  • Warren E. Slaughter American Inn of Court, Palm Springs, California
  • Founding Member; Board of Directors 1997 – present
  • President 1999 – 2002
  • Desert Bar Association
  • Trustee, 1990 – 1995
  • President, 1995
  • Statewide Advisor to Trial Courts Program, 2004 – 2006
  • Government In Action Program, Indio, California, Founding Member