Blake D. Miller

Blake D. Miller is an attorney with Anderson & Karrenberg in Salt Lake City, and has more than 35 years of experience in high-stakes commercial litigation. He is a seasoned trial lawyer, having conducted numerous jury and bench trials before federal, state and tribal courts. He also has participated as lead counsel in several large regulatory hearings before public service commissions. Mr. Miller has successfully represented businesses in bet-the-company cases; reorganized struggling companies, both in bankruptcy and out-of-court restructurings; defended companies from large exposure cases, such as wrongful death; and prosecuted and defended a wide variety of business disputes and torts, including contract, professional liability, trade secrets, real estate and intercompany disputes. In restructuring matters, he has represented debtors, debtors-in-possession, creditors, trustees and creditor committees in chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. He also has been engaged in a number of large out-of-court corporate restructures and dissolutions. Mr. Miller is a frequent lecturer and contributor to legal publications on bankruptcy and litigation issues. He has been selected as one of The Best Lawyers in America in the practice area of Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, and he has been selected as a Mountain States Super Lawyer by Law & Politics magazine and is a member of Utah’s Legal Elite by Utah Business. In addition, he was selected as one of the Top 100 Attorneys in Litigation from the American Society of Legal Advocates. Mr. Miller is rated AV-Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell and is a former founder and CEO of several businesses, including O2 Blue, a pioneer in the environmental commodities exchange market. He is admitted to practice in Utah and before the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, the U.S. Federal Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Tenth Circuits, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Miller received his B.A. summa cum laude in 1980 from Boise State University, where he was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, and his J.D. from the University of Utah College of Law in 1983, where he was admitted to the Order of the Coif and served on the Utah Law Review.