Pamela A. Miller

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Pamela A. Miller

Litigation Department Co-Chair / Partner

New York Office

D: +1 212 326 2088

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Pamela Miller is the Co-Chair of O’Melveny’s award-winning Litigation Department, and a member of both the firm’s Management Team and the Executive Committee. In her nearly three decades of practice, she has established herself as a skilled trial lawyer, representing clients before judges, juries, appellate panels, bankruptcy courts, and arbitrators in an array of complex disputes. As the former Co-Chair of O’Melveny’s Financial Services Practice Group, Pam has a deep understanding of the financial services industry’s needs, and she uses her knowledge to guide banks and financial institutions through high-exposure litigation involving bank liability, fraud, bankruptcy, regulatory improprieties, and securities matters. She has also conducted internal investigations involving anti-money laundering compliance, securities fraud, internal and corporate fraud, accounting fraud, and market manipulation.

Lawdragon consistently names Pam one of the “500 Leading Litigators in America.” She has been recognized by the Legal 500 US for her distinguished career in financial services litigation and by BTI as a Client Service All-Star. In Crain’s New York Business’s inaugural list of Leading Women Lawyers in New York City, Pam was honored as one of the “New York Bar’s most talented lawyers”—“trailblazers who found multiple paths to excellence.”

Pam’s clients, whether banks, creditors, insurers, medical device manufacturers, or technology companies, benefit from her wealth of experience in both state and federal court, as well as before major government agencies including the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and state Attorney General offices.

Pam uses her position to advocate for a more inclusive legal profession. She has collaborated with several clients to design and implement programs to enhance the diversity of client teams, and she regularly discusses initiatives for expanding professional opportunities for attorneys of all backgrounds at client and industry events. She is a member of O’Melveny’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee, and a former member of the New York City Bar Association’s Committee on Women in the Profession.

Lead trial counsel representing a private equity fund and former members of the Tops Markets board of directors in breach of fiduciary duty and fraudulent transfer claims brought by the supermarket chain’s litigation trustee
Trial lawyer in full evidentiary hearing in the Southern District of Texas Bankruptcy Court. Won judgment for ad hoc group of lenders in high-profile lender-on-lender dispute concerning alleged breach of credit agreement.
Lead trial counsel in three-week hearing, resulting in full defense judgment for a major financial institution arising from dispute with private equity partner over sale of private equity investments
Obtained dismissal of all claims against a leading bank in class action litigation related to Agape Ponzi scheme, and won affirmance at the Second Circuit in decision that expanded protection for banks from allegations of aiding and abetting liability
Represented financial institution in DOJ and internal investigations related to alleged involvement with fugitive Jho Low and Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB
Represented a major multinational consumer and investment bank in connection with an investigation by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) into alleged Consumer Financial Protection Act violations related to the payment functionality for bank-issued credit cards
Secured a win for a major financial institution when plaintiffs dropped a proposed class action accusing the bank of playing a role in what the US Securities and Exchange Commission has alleged was a US$102 million Ponzi scheme
Represented National Bank in several successful matters limiting the ability of foreign litigants to obtain discovery from the bank or its foreign subsidiaries in aid of a foreign arbitration
Represented a major consumer and investment bank in connection with CFPB inquiry into the bank’s process for collecting, recording, and reporting government monitoring information
Represented a major consumer bank in connection with CFPB inquiry into the bank’s mortgage servicing processes and software, resulting in no enforcement action or consent order
Lead counsel in multiple actions alleging that various financial entities breached representations and warranties in the issuance and securitization of Residential Mortgage Backed Securities
Lead counsel for multiple domestic and international banks in litigation arising from investments in Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities and the Madoff Ponzi scheme

Commercial Litigation

Trial lawyer in three-week federal jury trial that resulted in full defense verdict for medical device company C.R. Bard in a tying case against competitor AngioDynamics. AngioDynamics sought over US$260 million in damages and an injunction forcing Bard to unbundle the technology it developed to help place peripherally inserted central catheters.
Lead trial counsel in international arbitration related to dissolution of failed joint venture involving Israeli-American security technology
Trial counsel for GE Healthcare in litigation related to design and implementation of electronic medical records system
Defended CA Technologies Inc. in litigation related to breach of contract and theft of trade secrets involving enterprise security software
Defended major software manufacturer in arbitration related to improper payment and calculation of royalties
Represented pharmaceutical company related to royalty and license obligations arising from expired patent and related New Drug Application

Admissions

Bar Admissions

New York

Court Admissions

US District Court, Eastern, Northern, Southern, and Western Districts of New York
US Supreme Court
US Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Education

Columbia University, J.D., 1997
Princeton University, B.A., 1992, cum laude

Honors & Awards

Lawdragon, 500 Leading Litigators in America (2022-2025)
Legal 500 US, Securities Litigation (2018-2019)
Legal 500 US, Financial Services Litigation (2012-2014, 2016, 2019-2022)
Client Service All-Stars BTI Consulting (2023)
Legal Aid Society's Pro Bono Publico Award, “In recognition of outstanding pro bono service to the Legal Aid Society”