Harvey Robert Miller (March 1, 1933 – April 27, 2015) was an American lawyer. The '' New York Times'' called him "the most prominent bankruptcy lawyer in the nation." Born in New York City, Miller graduated from

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(A.B., 1954) and Columbia University ( LL.B., 1959), and was admitted to the bar in New York State in 1959. Miller was a partner in the New York City based international law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP where he was a member of the firm's management committee for over 25 years and created and developed the firm's Business Finance & Restructuring department specializing in reorganizing distressed business entities. From September 2002 to March 2007, he was a managing director and vice chairman of Greenhill & Co., a boutique investment bank. Miller's crowning achievement was his representation of the estate in the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers. He died in 2015 of

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, aged 82.Harvey R. Miller, Renowned Bankruptcy Lawyer, Dies at 82
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