Washington, D.C. – Sidley is pleased to announce that Lisa H. Miller, former U.S. Department of Justice Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, will be joining Sidley as a partner in the Washington, DC office. She was the third-highest ranking member of the DOJ’s Criminal Division since her appointment in 2021 and brings more than a decade of experience as a government enforcer, including as a career prosecutor. Ms. Miller worked directly with Kenneth A. Polite, Jr., who joined Sidley in 2023 after serving as Senate-confirmed Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division. She will focus on white collar criminal defense, investigation, and compliance matters.
“Lisa is a generational talent and we are thrilled that she has chosen to join Sidley,” said Yvette Ostolaza, Sidley’s Management Committee chair. “The combination of Lisa and Kenneth will further establish our white collar practice as a leading practice in Washington, D.C. and nationally.”
As Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Ms. Miller oversaw the DOJ Criminal Division’s Fraud Section, which is responsible for investigating and prosecuting all Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Foreign Extortion Prevention Act matters, and the Criminal Appellate Section. Prior to her appointment as Deputy Assistant Attorney General, she served in top leadership roles in the DOJ Criminal Fraud Section’s two largest litigating units, including as Chief of the Market Integrity & Major Frauds Unit, where she supervised 45 prosecutors investigating hundreds of financial crimes matters across the country, including market manipulation, accounting fraud, cryptocurrency, and procurement fraud matters, and as Principal Deputy Chief of the Health Care Fraud Unit, where she supervised more than 70 attorneys in 15 Strike Forces prosecuting healthcare fraud, money laundering, kickbacks, and parallel False Claims Act matters.
Before that, Ms. Miller was an Assistant United States Attorney in Miami, where Sidley also has an office, and a Trial Attorney in the Fraud Section in DC. In addition to trying more than a dozen federal criminal cases before juries, she spearheaded efforts to deploy data analytics in insider trading cases, played a central role in creation of the Department’s Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program, and worked with teams to resolve more than 35 corporate criminal cases totaling billions in global fines, penalties, and payments.
“Lisa’s skill set and her leadership experience across some of the highest profile white-collar enforcement matters will bring additional depth to our practice,” said Kristin Graham Koehler, managing partner of Sidley’s Washington, D.C. office and a member of the firm’s Management Committee. “Her vast experience as a trial lawyer in areas like healthcare fraud, FCPA, and financial fraud matters, and her DOJ experience will be a tremendous benefit to clients across the Sidley platform.”
“I am excited to join Sidley’s stellar white collar practice and to team back up with Kenneth and the extremely deep and talented bench of practitioners at the firm,” said Ms. Miller.
Ms. Miller received her B.A. cum laude from Cornell University and her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. She clerked for The Honorable Judge Edgardo Ramos on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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