Nelson Miller is Professor and Associate Dean of Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School’s Grand Rapids campus.  He serves as the law school’s liaison to Western Michigan University.  Before joining Cooley in 2004, Dean Miller practiced civil litigation for 16 years, winning and defending multi-million-dollar civil cases involving motor-vehicle crashes, products liability, airliner and helicopter crashes, civil rights, securities, employment, and business disputes.  Dean Miller has published 29 books and dozens of articles and book chapters on law, law practice, legal education, and related subjects.  He writes book chapters for Michigan’s Institute of Continuing Legal Education and presents at ICLE’s Annual No-Fault Summit.  The State Bar of Michigan recognized Dean Miller with the John W. Cummiskey Award for pro-bono service.  He is one of 26 law professors recognized nationally in Harvard University Press’s new book What the Best Law Professors Do.