M. Yvette Miller

Education

Miller earned her Bachelor of Arts from Mercer University, graduating cum laude in 1977. She received her Juris Doctor from Mercer's Walter F. George School of Law in 1980. She also earned a Master of Laws in litigation from Emory University School of Law in 1988 and a Master of Laws in judicial process from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2004. She was admitted to the state bar on October 1, 1981.

Legal career

Miller began her career as an assistant district attorney for Fulton County. After this, she became the senior in-house litigation counsel for the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. She then worked as the part owner, general manager and general counsel for a Ford Lincoln-Mercury car dealership. During this time, Miller also maintained a private legal practice. In 1989, she became a judge for the first time, serving as an administrative law judge for the State Board of Workers’ Compensation. Then in 1992 she was appointed to the position of director and judge of the Appellate Division of the State Board of Workers’ Compensation. In 1996, she was appointed to the Fulton County State Court, where she served as judge until her appointment to the Georgia Court of Appeals in 1999.

Consideration for Supreme Court of Georgia

Miller's name was among those being considered for a seat on the Supreme Court of Georgia, which ultimately went to Michael P. Boggs.