Kim E. Miller is a KSF partner who specializes in securities and other complex class action litigation. Ms. Miller supervises KSF’s New York City office. Prior to joining KSF in 2006, Ms. Miller was a partner at one of the nation’s leading plaintiff class action firms. Ms. Miller also spent time early in her career as a securities litigator in the defense bar.

Recently, Ms. Miller was the lead plaintiff’s lawyer for Pearlstein v. BlackBerry Limited, et al., No. 13-cv-7060 (S.D.N.Y.), and In re Chicago Bridge & Iron N.V. Securities Litigation, No. 1:17-cv-1580 (S.D.N.Y.), which resulted in settlement agreements on the eve of trial for $165 million and $44 million, respectively.  She was also the lead plaintiff’s lawyer in Farrar v. Workhorse Group, Inc., et al., No. 2:21-cv-02072-CJC-PVC (C.D. Cal.). On July 28, 2023, after more than two years of hard-fought litigation, the Hon. Cormac J. Carney entered a Final Judgment approving a $35 million settlement of the Class’ claims.  She was also the firm’s lead attorney in the Halliburton litigation ($100M settlement).

In a relatively recent Order and Final Judgment in an action where the Firm served as Lead Counsel, the Federal District Court noted:

At another settlement hearing where Ms. Miller served as Lead Counsel for KSF, In re ShoreTel, Inc. Sec. Litig., 3:08-cv-00271-CRB (N.D. Cal.), the District Court (Breyer, J.) noted: “You’re one of the best lawyers to appear in front of me in a long time….”

Ms. Miller’s class action trial experience includes participating as a trial team member in a four-month jury trial involving fraud-based claims that resulted in a jury verdict in favor of the class.

Earlier in her career, Ms. Miller was involved in a variety of other cases in which large settlements were obtained, including:

• Settlement value of $127.5 million Spahn v. Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P., 04-cv-00086-HEA (E.D. Mo.)
• $110 Million Recovery. In re StarLink Corn Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1403 (N.D.Ill.)
• $100 Million Recovery. In re American Express Financial Advisors, Inc. Sec. Litig., 1:04-cv-01773-DAB (S.D.N.Y.)

After graduating with honors from Stanford University in 1992 with a double major in English and Psychology, Ms. Miller earned her Juris Doctor degree from Cornell Law School, cum laude, in 1995. While at Cornell, Ms. Miller was the Co-Chair of the Women’s Law Symposium, Bench Brief Editor of the Moot Court Board, and a member of the Board of Editors of the Cornell Journal of Law & Public Policy. She was also a judicial intern for The Honorable David V. Kenyon in the Central District of California. Her pro bono work includes representing families of 9/11 victims at In re September 11 Victim Compensation Fund hearings. Ms. Miller also has served as a fundraiser for the New York Legal Aid Society.