Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, INDUSTRY NEWS: Advertising Litigator Miller Joins Venable, (Apr 12, 2013)

Advertising litigator Randall K. Miller has joined Venable LLP as a partner in its Business Litigation and Advertising Practice Groups, the law firm has announced. He will work out of the firm’s Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. offices.

Miller has 16 years of experience in competitor false advertising litigation under the Lanham Act and also has considerable experience litigating complex business disputes, such as those involving breach of contract, fraud, tortious interference, trade secrets and unfair competition claims. He has particular expertise with temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction matters, and with the use of scientific and consumer perception evidence in false advertising cases involving consumer products claims.

He has represented clients in a wide range of industries, including the food, pharmaceuticals, consumer electronics, and financial services industries. He has served as lead counsel in jury trials before federal and state courts, and has also represented clients in domestic and international arbitration and in federal government agency proceedings. His clients have included Deloitte & Touche, E*TRADE, Ernst & Young, Hershey Foods, Host Marriott, Perdue Farms, Pfizer, Philip Morris, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Reckitt Benckiser, Sanderson Farms, Shakespeare Theatre Company, 7-Eleven, Tiffany, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

"Randy’s advertising litigation in high-visibility cases builds on the depth and breadth of Venable’s market-leading advertising practice and will fuel our firm’s continued growth," said Jeffrey Knowles, head of Venable’s Advertising, Marketing and New Media practice.

"Randy is a tenacious and seasoned litigator who will build’s on Venable’s national litigation reputation," Venable Vice Chair Brian Schwalb added.

Miller is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University and George Washington University Law School. He serves on the Private Advertising Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Section and has served as national litigation counsel for Tahirih Justice Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting immigrant women and girls seeking justice in the United States from gender-based violence.

Venable LLP is a national law firm with over 550 attorneys in offices located in Baltimore, Rockville, and Towson, Maryland; Los Angeles; New York City; Tyson’s Corner, Virginia; Wilmington, Delaware; and Washington, D.C.

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