Ovvie Miller

Background

Miller, Ovvie was born on July 14, 1935 in Brooklyn. Son of Monroe H. and Hannah (Wrobel) Miller.

Education

University of California at Los Angeles (Bachelor of Arts, 1956). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, 1961).

Career

Worked at Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman, LLP (Beverly Hills, California) specializing in General Civil, Trial and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Banking and Savings and Loan Law, Copyright, Corporate, Employee Benefits, Entertainment (Motion Picture, Television and Music) Transactions, Errors and Omission Clearance, Estate Planning, Family Law, Insurance Coverage and Defense Litigation, Intellectual Property, International Business Law, Labor and Employment Law, Media Finance, Motion Picture Financing, New Media Technologies, Real Estate, Real Property, Securities, Succession Planning, Taxation (Federal, State and International), Trademark, Trusts and Probate, and Unfair Competition. Admitted to the bar, 1962, California.

Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha. Author: "You Can't Go Home Again," Los Angeles Lawyer, No. 19, February 1997; "California Divorce Reform After 25 Years' 28 Journal of the Beverly Hills Bar Association, No.

4, Fall 1994 Published November 1995. "End Papers: Enforceable Spousal Support Termination Clauses," Los Angeles Daily Journal, September 11, 1995. "Update, Custody and Visitation, Los Angeles Superior Court, Family Law Symposium, 1987-1989 and 1990.

"The Name Game," 17 Los Angeles Lawyer, No. 11, February, 1995; "Protecting Community Personal Property Before Getting Into Court," Family Law News and Review, No. 4, Fall, 1983; "Recent Federal Non-Tax Laws Affecting Family Law Practice," Family Law News and Review," Volume VI, No.

3, Spring, 1985; "Divorce In The Entertainment Industry - Some Special Problems," 5 Comm./Ent Law Journal No. 1, Fall, 1982; Supplement, California Marital Dissolution Practice, Volume 1, January, 1983. "The Doctrine of Alter Ego," 4 Los Angeles Lawyer No.

6, September, 1981; "The Offer of Proof: A Trial Lawyers Trial," 55 California State Bar Journal, No. 12, 1980; "Where Are We Now On Spousal Support?" 53 California State Bar Journal, No. 5, September-October, 1978.

"Valuing the Goodwill of a Professional Practice," 50 California State Bar Journal, No. 2, March-April, 1975. "The Return of Common Law Marriage to California," 8 Journal of the Beverly Hills Bar Association No.

2, March-April, 1974;"Appreciation in Value of A Husband's Business-Separate or Community Property?" 4 Journal of the Beverly Hills Bar Association No. 7, September 1970. Co-Author: "Should I Make A Will?" How to Live-and Die with California Probate (3d Education 1992). "Partnership Litigation," Advising California Partnerships, (2nd Edition), by California C.E.B., 1988.

"Practical Considerations in Entertainment Litigation," Tenth Annual Program on Legal Aspects of the Entertainment Industry, 1964. Supplement, California Marital Dissolution Practice, Volume 1, September, 1984 and May, 1986. Changes in California Marital Dissolution Practice Under the Tax Reform Act of 1984.

Special Supplement to 1 California Marital Dissolution Practice, California Marital Termination Settlements and Tax Aspects of Marital Dissolution. Law Clerk to Judge William M. Byrne, United States. District Court, Southern District of California, 1961-1962.

Mediator, Los Angeles Superior Court (Family Law). Arbitrator, Los Angeles Superior Court. Member: Beverly Hills (Member, Board of Governors, 1970-1973.

Chairman, Family Law Section, 1975-1976 and 1984-1985), Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations. The State Bar of California. American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.

The firm was founded in 1957 to represent clients in the entertainment industry and that practice is still significant. Over the years we have grown into a full service firm and our firm's areas of expertise are centered around the following major departments: Litigation, Business/Corporate, Entertainment, Labor and Employment Law, Estate Planning, Trusts and Probate, Taxation, Insurance Coverage and Defense and Family Law. We also have groups specializing in New Media Technologies, Intellectual Property, Media Finance, Trademark, Merchandising and Licensing and Employee Benefits.

Achievements

• Bar: California 1962, United States District Court (central district) California 1962, United States Court Appeals (9th circuit) 1980.

Membership

Member: Beverly Hills (Member, Board of Governors, 1970-1973. Chairman, Family Law Section, 1975-1976 and 1984-1985), Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations. The State Bar of California.

American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.

Connections

Married Diane Silverman, November 11, 1961. Children: Keith G., Craig D.

Father:

Monroe H. Miller

Mother:

Hannah (Wrobel) Miller

Spouse:

Diane Silverman

child:

Keith G. Miller

child:

Craig D. Miller