The Butzel law firm in Detroit appointed Brett J. Miller as its co-practice department chair for labor and employment.
Miller will work alongside Daniel B. Tukel, co-department chair.
Based in Butzel’s Detroit office, Miller also serves as the firm’s assistant general counsel for labor and employment. He focuses his practice on employment and labor law as well as fair housing litigation. He defends clients in state and federal discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and class action lawsuits.
Miller also defends clients in administrative charges before governmental agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, the Department of Labor, and the OFCCP. In addition, Miller devotes his practice to representing clients in traditional labor matters such as grievance arbitrations and collective bargaining.
He is AV Peer Review Rated by LexisNexis/Martindale-Hubbell. The AV Peer Review rating is the highest rating allowed. It attests to a lawyer’s legal ability and professional ethics and reflects the confidential opinions of the bar and the judiciary.
Miller is among attorneys named to the Best Lawyers in America – Employment Law – Management, 2024 and was named to Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s “Leaders in the Law” 2022 and an “Up & Coming Lawyer” in 2015 as well as a Top Lawyer by DBusiness Magazine in 2014, 2020-2023.
Miller earned his law degree from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review and moot court board of directors and received his undergraduate degree from James Madison University in Virginia.
