Michael L. Miller

Miller, Michael L.

Contact Information

P: 828.348.6015
F: 828.348.6077
mlm@wardandsmith.com

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82 Patton Avenue, Suite 300
Asheville, NC 28801
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Mailing Address:
 Post Office Box 2020
Asheville, NC 28802-2020


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Practice Groups

Practice Concentrations

  • ERISA/Employee Benefits
  • Estate Planning
  • Tax Controversies and Planning
  • Trust and Estate Administration
  • Trust and Estate Disputes

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Biography

Mr. Miller is leader of the Employee Benefits Practice Group.  He practices in an array of tax-related areas, guiding clients in both planning and dispute resolution.  Mr. Miller's practice areas include Trusts and Estates, Employee Benefits/ERISA, and Taxation.  He is a North Carolina State Bar Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law and a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.  Mr. Miller has taught the Advanced Pension and Profit-Sharing Plans course in the University of Baltimore Law School Graduate Tax Program, and has lectured on many tax topics for Bar Association seminars.  He has been rated by his peers as preeminent in his respective fields of law.

Admitted to Practice

  • North Carolina, 1980
  • All state courts in North Carolina
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth and Sixth Circuits
  • United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
  • United States Tax Court

Honors and Distinction*

  • The Best Lawyers in America,1991-2012
  • "Legal Elite," Business North Carolina, 2003
  • "Super Lawyer," North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2006-2012

Education

  • LL.M., Taxation, University of Denver, 1980
  • J.D., University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 1978
  • B.A., University of Denver, 1974

Professional and Community Affiliations

  • American Bar Association — Sections: Real Property, Trust and Estate Law; Taxation
  • American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
  • North Carolina Bar Association — Sections: Elder Law; Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law; and Tax Law

* Please see the following websites for an explanation of the membership standards for the following recognitions: www.bestlawyers.com; www.businessnc.com/legalelite; and www.superlawyers.com/north-carolina.