Philip R. Miller (March 12, 1918 – July 27, 1989) was a judge of the

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from 1982 to 1986. Born in New York, New York, Miller received a

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in 1937,Federal Judicial Center page for Philip R. Miller
and an

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in 1940.Bar Association of the District of Columbia, ''Proceedings of the 1979 Court of Claims Judicial Conference, May 17, 1979, Washington, D.C.'' (1979), p. x. He entered private practice in Washington, D.C. in 1941, and then joined the United States Department of Justice, first as an attorney in the Criminal Division from 1942 to 1945, and then as an attorney in the Tax Division from 1946 to 1972, except for a brief return to private practice in 1951 and 1952. He was chief of the Court of Claims Section of the Tax Division from 1967 to 1972. In 1972, he became a trial judge of the

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, serving as Chief of the Trial Division from 1980 to 1982. During this time, one of his law clerks was

Francis Allegra Francis Marion Allegra (October 14, 1957 – August 27, 2015) was an American federal judge on the United States Court of Federal Claims. Early life and education Allegra grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and graduated from St. Edward High Scho ...

.Joint Committee on Printing, Official Congressional Directory, 2013-2014 (2014), p. 879. On October 1, 1982, he was elevated by

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to a new seat on the

authorized by 96 Stat. 27. He assumed senior status on November 30, 1986, and continued to serve in this capacity until his death.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Philip R. Judges of the United States Court of Federal Claims United States Article I federal judges appointed by Richard Nixon 1918 births 1989 deaths City College of New York alumni 20th-century American judges