Howard B. Miller

Howard B. Miller
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Overview

Howard Miller is a seasoned business, estates and trusts lawyer who represents clients ranging from single-owner businesses to large family-owned and public companies. His experience spans from representing clients in deals to buy and sell businesses valued up to $150 million and serving as executor and trustee of estates and trusts with values from $1 million to $100 million-plus. This combination of experience positions Howard to counsel majority stockholders on general family business matters and succession planning for both ownership and management groups, as well to counsel individuals who are ready to sell their businesses and need to maximize proceeds for retirement purposes.

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Howard's understanding of trust and estate planning is informed by his prior service with the Internal Revenue Service, his master's degree in taxation and his recognition as a certified public accountant. He draws on this knowledge to counsel individuals in tax planning, estate planning, wills and trusts, and charitable contributions. He also helps clients to preserve and pass along their wealth while minimizing income and estate taxes using various types of trusts.

Howard draws on more than five decades of experience handling mergers and acquisitions and other corporate deals to also guide clients in the creation of succession strategies, including setting up domestic and international joint ventures, as well as drafting and advising on confidentiality agreements and covenants not to compete. He also assists with restrictive stock  agreements and consulting agreements. 

His experience as a corporate lawyer also includes representing parties in business disputes. He both defends majority owners of businesses in disputes with minority owners, and counsels minority shareholders, limited partners, and limited liability members, on relationships with majority owners.

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