Allen Miller

Thurston County Superior Court

Department 4

Allen Miller Legal/Judicial Experience: Land Use Attorney, Private Practice; Former Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Thurston County; Former Assistant Attorney General, State of Washington, Arbitrator and Mediator, Thurston County Superior Court and other trial courts; Litigation experience throughout Washington in State and Federal Courts; Legal experience up to the United States Supreme Court.

Other Professional Experience: Past President, Thurston County Bar Association; Adjunct Law Professor, Seattle University and SPSCC, LAW Fund Board, Vice-Chair WSBA Character and Fitness Committee

Education: BA , University of Virginia; JD, Seattle University

Community Service: Past President, Olympia School Board; Past President, United Way of Thurston County; Past President, Olympia Rotary Past President, Thurston County Chamber.

Statement: Allen Miller has the experience and integrity we need for our Superior Court Judges. For 30 years, Allen has litigated in the Superior Courts throughout the State of Washington. He has handled hundreds of cases at every level of the courts up to the United States Supreme Court. He has also been Assistant Attorney General for the State of Washington and a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for Thurston County in addition to serving as an arbitrator and mediator decid ing cases and resolv ing disputes brought before the Thurston County Superior Court and other trial courts.

Allen has tried cases in front of the seven judges who have retired over his thirty year career. He will bring to the bench: Judge Doran’s thoroughness, Judge Alexander’s sense of history, Judge Fuller’s compassion, Judge Hicks’ intelligence, Judge Berschauer’s affability, Judge Strophy’s decisiveness, and Judge Pomeroy’s optimism.

Allen is very active in the community, elected to the Olympia School Board, and leader of the United Way and other organizations. Please join your neighbors and community leaders such as Chief Justice Gerry Alexander, Judge Bob Doran, Judge Cork Hicks, Secretary of State Sam Reed, Representative Chris Reykdal, and former Representative Denny Heck in supporting Allen.

Campaign Website: www.allenmillerforjudge.net | Facebook

Email: [email protected]

Opponents: Erik Price, Indu Thomas

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Candidate ratings and poll:

ORGANIZATION	ALLEN MILLER	ERIK PRICE	INDU THOMAS
Joint Asian Judicial Evaluation Committee	Qualified	*	Qualified
Latina/o Bar Ass'n of Washington	Well Qualified	*	Well Qualified
Q-Law: The GLBT Bar Association of Washington	Exceptionally Well Qualified	*	*
Thurston County Bar Ass'n Members' Preference Poll	42	93	44
Washington Women Lawyers	Qualified	*	Qualified

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Newspaper endorsements (click paper for details):

NEWSPAPER	ALLEN MILLER	ERIK PRICE	INDU THOMAS
The Olympian

Finance report:

CANDIDATE	UPDATED	CONTRIBUTIONS	EXPENDITURES
Allen Miller	8/3/2012	$28,396.95 Personal Funds $6,000.00	$23,034.76
Erik Price	8/3/2012	$60,165.03 Personal Funds $3,555.00 Loans $5,000.00	$42,861.98
Indu Thomas	8/3/2012	$42,075.50 Personal Funds $22,000.00 Loans $5,000.00	$37,320.61

Media stories:

		July 27, 2012
The Olympian		Superior Court Position 4 candidates tout history
		July 13, 2012
The Olympian		Schaller, Price big winners in Thurston County judge bar poll

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