Milton J. Miller

Milton J. (Jack) Miller (1912 – March 6, 2007) was a business lawyer from Detroit, Michigan and co-founder of the law firm Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn.

Miller was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1912 to immigrant parents. He grew up in Detroit and graduated from Detroit Central High School, the first public high school established in Detroit and in Michigan. During his time at Detroit Central, he met his future wife, Jeanette Rabinowitz. He graduated from the University of Michigan with an undergraduate degree in 1933. Two years later, in 1935, he graduated, with honors, from the University of Michigan Law School with a law degree / Juris Doctor.

In 1948, with Jason L. Honigman, he formed a law firm what is known today as Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn. The firm has been headquartered in the First National Building since its founding, which is located in the heart of downtown Detroit directly facing Campus Martius Park.

In practice, he was primarily a business lawyer. In addition to his business practice, he also headed the firm’s matrimonial / family law group. As a family law practitioner, he represented many of Detroit’s social elite, including Henry Ford II in his divorce from Christina Ford in 1980.

He was a lifelong member of the State Bar of Michigan as well as the International Society of Barristers.

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