Kim E. Miller is a KSF partner who specializes in securities and consumer litigation. Ms. Miller also supervises the New York City office of KSF. Prior to joining the firm in 2006, Ms. Miller was a partner at one of the nation's leading plaintiff class action firms. Ms. Miller also spent two years as a securities litigator on the defense side.

Over the course of her career, Ms. Miller has represented many thousands of harmed investors and consumers in class actions filed throughout the country. At a recent settlement hearing in which KSF served as Lead Counsel, In re ShoreTel, Inc. Sec. Litig,, 3:08-cv-00271-CRB (N.D. Cal.), the Federal District Court noted, with respect to Ms. Miller, "You're one of the best lawyers to appear in front of me in a long time..."

In addition to litigating many securities fraud and IPO-related securities cases, Ms. Miller has worked extensively on cases involving allegations of improper directed brokerage arrangements and excessive charges in mutual fund cases brought pursuant to the 1934 Securities Exchange Act and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940. She was also involved in the mutual funds late trading/market timing litigation. Ms. Miller's class action trial experience includes participating in a four-month jury trial involving fraud-based claims the resulted in a jury verdict in favor of the Class.

In the course of her career, Ms. Miller has been involved in a variety of cases in which large settlements were reached, including:

• Settlement value of $127.5 million Spahn v. Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P., 04-cv-00086-HEA (E.D. Mo.)
• $110 Million Recovery. In re StarLink Corn Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1403 (N.D. Ill.)
• $100 Million Recovery. In re American Express Financial Advisors, Inc. Sec. Litig., 1:04-cv-01773-DAB (S.D.N.Y.)

Ms. Miller is KSF's lead litigator in its securities class action practice. While at KSF, Ms. Miller has been involved in and supervised all aspects of the following successful litigations, among many others: In re Virgin Mobile USA IPO Litig., 2:07-cv-05619-SDW-MCA ($19.5 million settlement), In re BigBand Networks, Inc. Sec. Litig., 3:07-CV-05101-SBA ($11 million settlement), and In re U.S. Auto Parts Networks, Inc. Sec. Litig., 2:07-cv-02030-GW-JC ($10 million settlement).

Ms. Miller is also currently the lead litigator in the firm's ongoing securities litigations, including the following cases in which the firm is Lead Counsel: Bang v. Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 10-cv-5757 (N.D. Ill); Elgaouni v. Meta Financial Group, Inc., 10-4108-MWB (N.D. Iowa); In re China Sunergy Sec. Litig., 1:07-cv-7895-DAB (SDNY); In re Superior Offshore International, Inc. Sec. Litig., 4:08-cv-00687-NFA (S.D. Tex.). She is also currently the firm's lead litigator in the following cases in which KSF is Co-Lead Counsel: In re Nvidia Corporation Sec. Litig., 08-CV-4260-JW (N.D. Cal.) ; In re Allot Communications Ltd. Sec. Litig., 1:07-cv-03455-RJH (SDNY); Gooden v. Smart Online et al., 1:07-cv-785-WLO (M.D.N.C.); Miyahira v. Vitacost.com, Inc., No. 1-80644-CIV-RYSKAMP/VITUNAC (S.D. Fla.)

After graduating with honors from Stanford University in 1992 with a double major in English and Psychology, Ms. Miller earned her Juris Doctor degree from Cornell Law School, cum laude, in 1995. While at Cornell, Ms. Miller was the Co-Chair of the Women's Law Symposium, Bench Brief Editor of the Moot Court Board, and a member of the Board of Editors of the Cornell Journal of Law & Public Policy. During Law School, she also completed a summer judicial externship for the Honorable David V. Kenyon, Federal District Court Judge for the Central District of California. Her pro bono work includes representing families of 9/11 victims at In re September 11 Victim Compensation Fund hearings. Ms. Miller has also served as a fundraiser for the New York Legal Aid Society. She is admitted to practice in the States of California and New York and before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the Northern, Southern, and Central Districts of California. She is also admitted to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.