
Christopher Wayne Miller
Sacramento Labor LawChristopher W. Miller has been representing public safety officers, public employees and labor organizations throughout California for nearly 20 years. His practice involves labor and employment law as well as civil and administrative defense of peace officers. A former deputy district attorney, Mr. Miller is a seasoned trial lawyer with over 40 jury trials to his credit as a prosecutor and peace officer defense attorney. He is admitted to practice throughout California as well as the U.S. District Courts for California and the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Miller has represented peace officers and other public employees in dozens of civil, administrative and criminal matters statewide. He has been general counsel to some of California's largest public safety labor organizations and provides training throughout the state on legal issues affecting law enforcement and public employees. He has appeared on broadcast programs involving peace officer rights and is a frequent contributor to various print and online publications in the law enforcement and labor communities. Mr. Miller is a former deputy district attorney and was a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. While in law school, Mr. Miller served a judicial externship with the Hon. Don R. Work at the Fourth District Court of Appeal (Division One) and studied under John F. Kennedy's Labor Secretary, W. Willard Wirtz.
- Univ of California Santa Barbara
- Undergraduate Degree
- Univ of San Diego School of Law
- Law Degree
- Partner
- Mastagni, Holstedt, Amick, Miller & Johnsen
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- Deputy District Attorney
- Stanislaus County District Attorney's Office
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- Judicial Extern
- Fourth District Court of Appeal (Division One) - California
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- Lieutenant
- US Navy
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- Before attending law school, I was a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, where I served as an intelligence officer in a Miramar NAS-based fighter squadron and a submarine-hunter squadron stationed in Coronado, California. I deployed throughout the Pacific region aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70).
- After the Homecoming: A User's Guide to the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
- California Public Employment Research (CPER) Journal Online
- Standards and Training Corrections Provider
- Board of State and Community Corrections
- California State Bar  # 166348
- Member
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- California
- 9th Circuit
- Free Consultation
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Labor Law
- Wage & Hour
- Collective Bargaining
- General Counsel
- Labor Union Governance
- Website
- Law Offices of Christopher W. Miller
- Website
- State Coalition of Probation Organizations