LISA MILLER focuses her practice on white collar criminal defense, internal and government investigations, compliance matters, healthcare enforcement and litigation, and crisis management.
Prior to joining Sidley, Lisa spent more than a decade at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), where she held several senior leadership positions, tried more than a dozen federal criminal cases before juries, and spearheaded the resolution of more than 35 corporate criminal cases.
Most recently, Lisa served as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ’s Criminal Division, the third highest rank in the Division, from October 2021 to January 2025. As Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Lisa oversaw the DOJ Criminal Division’s Fraud Section and Appellate Section. In this role, Lisa was responsible for critical decision-making in some of the DOJ’s highest-profile white collar and cross-border matters against corporations and individuals. She managed a team of more than 210 attorneys tasked with litigating and investigating complex matters in jurisdictions across the country, often in partnership with U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and other federal agencies. Prior to her appointment as Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Lisa served in top career leadership roles in the Fraud Section’s two largest litigating units, including as Chief of the Market Integrity and Major Frauds Unit and as Principal Assistant Deputy Chief of the Health Care Fraud Unit. Before that, Lisa was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida in Miami and a Trial Attorney in the Fraud Section’s Health Care Fraud Unit based in Washington, D.C.
Lisa has substantial experience regarding healthcare fraud, kickback, and parallel False Claims Act matters; opioid related matters; the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; and investigation and prosecution of financial criminal matters involving money laundering, securities, commodities, accounting fraud, investment fraud, mail and wire fraud, market manipulation, cryptocurrency, procurement fraud, tax fraud, and other forms of government program fraud. She played a central role in developing DOJ-wide policies and practices relevant to corporate criminal enforcement, including the Criminal Division’s Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program, Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy, and Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs. Lisa also developed extensive relationships with domestic and foreign law enforcement and regulatory agencies, including the SEC, CFTC, FBI, HHS-OIG, FDIC-OIG, DEA, HSI, the UK’s Serious Fraud Office and Financial Conduct Authority, France’s Parquet National Financier, and others.
Lisa is a frequent speaker on issues relating to individual and corporate prosecutions, compliance topics, and trial work. She has also served as a lecturer in courses on white-collar crime and prosecution offered by the University of Virginia School of Law, Yale Law School, and American University.
Lisa received her B.A. cum laude from Cornell University and her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. Prior to her service at the DOJ, she clerked for Hon. Edgardo Ramos on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Lisa began her career as a litigator for an Am Law 25 firm in New York.
Lisa's vast experience and knowledge has earned her the following recognitions:
- “The Attorney General's Award for Asset Forfeiture” (2025)
- “The Attorney General's Award for Distinguished Service” (2021)
- The Executive Office for United States Attorneys Director's Award for “Superior Performance by a Litigative Team” (2023)
- Criminal Division Assistant Attorney General's Award for “Exceptional Service” (2020)
- United States Secret Service Director's Award (2018)
- United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General's Award for “Advancing Excellence and Innovation” (2018)
- National Healthcare Anti-Fraud Association Award (2017)