Robert Irving Miller

Since 1994, Robert Irving Miller has successfully represented businesses, health care professionals and individuals in litigation, at trials and in appeals. His primary focus is medical malpractice defense, health law and all matters related to the administration of health care facilities. Mr. Miller’s experience in both the fields of law and healthcare has made him an ideal advocate for hospitals, nursing homes, physicians and other health professionals. Mr. Miller is licensed to practice law in both New York and Connecticut as well as in federal courts in the Northern and Southern Districts of New York.

Mr. Miller is named in Thomson Reuters’ list of 2024 and 2023 New York State Super Lawyers, Hudson Valley. Hudson Valley Magazine included Robert Miller on their list of Top Lawyers from 2022 through 2026 for Civil Law Litigation. He was awarded the 2022 Gartland Award for Community Service from the Dutchess County Bar Association for his dedication to making our community a better place through his volunteerism. Mr. Miller also received the 2021 NY Trustee of the Year Award from Leading Age NY for his service to Brookmeade Community.

Mr. Miller graduated from Pace University School of Law, where he was editor in chief of the Pace Law Review. He had previously earned undergraduate degrees in nursing and health services administration, as well as a Master of Science degree in Management Science. His early health care career included substantial experience as a registered nurse in emergency rooms and critical care. He later worked as the assistant administrator at Little Falls Hospital in Little Falls, New York, and as the Chief Operating Officer of the Julia L. Butterfield Memorial Hospital in Cold Spring, New York. He is also a former licensed nursing home administrator. Mr. Miller frequently lectures and provides consultations on legal and health-related subjects and has taught as an adjunct faculty member at the New School for Social Research, Marist College, and Dutchess Community College. Mr. Miller taught subjects such as community health and legal aspects of health services administration, civil litigation and human resources and administration.

Mr. Miller is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the Dutchess County Bar Association, the New York State Medical Defense Bar Association, the Defense Association of New York, the American Association of Nurse Attorneys, and the Association for Healthcare Risk Management of New York. He serves as a trustee of the East Fishkill Public Library District. Mr. Miller is a former treasurer and board member of Brookmeade Community and the Baptist Home, a former member of the Dutchess County Board of Health and has been the president and board chair of Abilities First, Inc., a not-for-profit organization serving people with developmental disabilities. He also served on the Institutional Review Board at Vassar College. Mr. Miller previously served on hospital and nursing home ethics committees and on the boards of other community organizations, including the former Greater Southern Dutchess Chamber of Commerce, Rebuilding Together – Dutchess County and the Catskill-Hudson Area Health Education Center. He served as a member of the East Fishkill Rotary Club and the Walden Volunteer Ambulance Corps.