Hon. Sondra M. Miller (ret.)
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Fax:
914-681-8728
Bar Admissions
- Florida, 1980
- New York, 1955
Education
- Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- LL.B. - 1953
- Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
- B.A. - 1950
Judge Miller is Chief Counsel to the firm and leads our Appellate Practice and Mediation & Arbitration groups. Judge Miller was appointed to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Second Department by Governor Mario Cuomo in January 1990 (retired 1/1/06). She had served as a New York State Supreme Court Judge in the Ninth Judicial District, having been elected in 1986, and had served as a Family Court Judge in Westchester County from 1983-1986. Among Justice Miller's "firsts" are her law degree from Harvard Law School (she was in its first class to admit women); her election to the Supreme Court, Ninth Judicial District in November 1986 (the first Democrat to win a contested election in the 9th Judicial District in nearly 100 years); and her appointment as Associate Justice, Appellate Division, Second Department, in January 1990 (the first woman in the 9th Judicial District to be so recognized).
Honors And Awards
- Westchester Woman of the Year
- Pace University Annual Award for Distinguished Service to the Criminal Justice System
- Sybil Har Kooper Award, Brooklyn Women's Bar Association
- Founders Award, Women's Bar Association of the State of New York
- Kings County District Attorney's Office, Women's History Month, Jurist of the Year
- Horace Mann School Alumni Association Award for Distinguished Achievement
- New York State Bar Association, Ruth G. Schapiro Award
- New York State Bar Association, Family Law Section, Award
- The Women's Medical Association of New York City, "Women of Conscience Award"
- New York State Bar Association, Howard A. Levine Award for Outstanding Work in the Area of Children of the Law
- Diane White "Advocate for Women's Justice" Award, Pace School of Law, Pace Women's Justice Center
- Rockland County Women’s Bar Association Belle Mayer Zeck Award
- Pace University School of Law Leadership Award, Oct.
- Honoree, Westchester County Bar Association, Annual Dinner
- Westchester Women's Bar Association Foundation established its annual scholarship award, "Justice Sondra M. Miller Scholarship"
- Above the Bar Award ("Pace Setter"), April
Professional Associations And Memberships
- Association of Women Judges, Director, New York State
- New York State Council on Divorce Mediation, Inc., Director
- New York State Bar Association, Member, Committee on Mediation and Arbitration
- Yonkers Family Court Task Force, Founder and Member
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Former Member, Matrimonial Law Committee
- Cancer Support Team, Former Director
- Contact Advisory Committee, Former Director
- Legal Awareness for Women, Former Vice President
- Women's Bar Association of the State of New York, Former Vice President
- Westchester Women's Bar Association, Former President, Vice President and Treasurer
- The Westchester Lighthouse, Former Director
- American Bar Association, Member
- Association of Judges of the Family Court of New York State, Member
- Florida Bar Association, Member
- National Association of Women Judges, Member
- New York State Bar Association, Member
- Westchester Women's Bar Association, Member,Founder and President
- Office of Family Services, New York State Office of Court Administration, Director
- Legal Services of the Hudson Valley, Director
- New York State Task Force on Family Violence, Chair
- Board of Visitors, Pace University School of Law, Member
- Justice In Residence, Pace University School of Law
- Benjamin N. Cardozo Society, Director
- Westchester County Bar Association
- New York County Lawyers' Association
- White Plains Bar Association
- Matrimonial Commission, Chair
- Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert (JALBCA), Founder, Co-President, and Vice President
- Ninth Judicial District Committee, Chair
- Governor's Task Force on Youth Crime and Violence, Member
- Chief Judge's Committee,Examine Lawyers' Conduct
- New York State Committee on Child Support, Member
- Parent Education Commission, Member
- New York State Association of Women Judges, Director
- Blacks and Jews in Conversation, Member
- Harvard Law School Association, Vice President
- Cancer Support Team, Director
- League of Women Voters of New York State, Member
- Hadassah
- Westchester Jewish Center
- Planned Parenthood
- Harvard Club
Past Employment Positions
- Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Second Department by Governor Mario Cuomo, Associate Justice, 1990 to 01/2006
- Ninth Judicial District, New York State Supreme Court Judge, 1986
- Westchester County, Family Court Judge, 1983 to 1986