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Michael J. Miles is a partner at the firm and concentrates his practice in complex civil litigation, including the litigation and trial of all manner of business, employment and civil rights disputes.  He has experience defending complex contract disputes, banking and financial fraud actions, restrictive covenant and trade secrets actions, business torts and breaches of fiduciary duty, disputes between members of closely held corporations, professional malpractice actions, consumer fraud actions, and shareholder derivative actions.  He has also defended employers in all manner of employment disputes, including claims under Title VII, Section 1981, FLSA, FMLA, ADA, ADEA, NJLAD, NJCEPA and common law in state and federal courts, as well as before the EEOC and NJ Division on Civil Rights.  He has also served as local counsel for numerous intellectual property, patent infringement, consumer fraud, breach of contract, franchise, and employment cases.

In addition to his litigation practice, Mr. Miles has counseled employers with respect to their obligations under FLSA, FMLA, ADA, ADEA, OWBA, wage & hour laws, and WARN for plant closing and mass layoffs, as well as compliance with State employment laws.  He has also guided employers in conducting disciplinary actions, terminations, and reductions in force.  He has experience drafting employment agreements, employee handbooks, and providing workplace training sessions on harassment and discrimination. He has also assisted employers in obtaining H-1B and L-1 Visas, as well as Permanent Residency Status for foreign employees.

Mr. Miles was selected as a New Jersey “Rising Star” attorney by Super Lawyers Magazine from 2013 thru 2020. He was also selected as a “Top Lawyer” by South Jersey Magazine in 2022.

Mr. Miles earned his Bachelor of Arts degree magna cum laude from Saint Joseph’s University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, in 2002. He earned his Juris Doctorate degree with honors in 2005 from Rutgers University School of Law, where he served as the Lead Notes and Case Notes Editor of the Rutgers Law Journal.

Mr. Miles previously served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Noel L. Hillman, United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, and the Honorable Ann Marie Donio, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of New Jersey.

Mr. Miles was admitted to practice in New Jersey and Pennsylvania in 2005.  He is also admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.  He is a member of the American, New Jersey, and Camden County Bar Associations, as well as the Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey.