Four years after graduating from Smith Cotton High School (Sedalia, Mo.), I became a Baylor University BA graduate majoring in Political Science. I played baseball for Baylor and Waco Braves (Semi Pro). Next, after finishing the first year of law school, I was drafted into the US Army and I worked in Security & Intelligence (442nd Signal Battalion - 29th Signal Group - Southeast Asia / Northern Thailand) during the Vietnam era. After my military service, I re-started the second year of law school and two years later I became a University of Memphis - Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law - JD graduate. After graduation from law school, I taught Business Law as a full time Assistant Professor at Central Missouri State University. (Later in my career, I also taught Business Law courses at State Fair Community College and Austin Community College as an adjunct instructor in addition to my then-current jobs). Following that, I practiced law in Sedalia, Missouri for 5 years. Next, I became a University of Missouri-KC Law School LLM graduate. The LLM degree is the terminal degree in law. Later, for more than 30 years, I worked as either a consultant / contractor or an employee in Contracts Management, Sourcing / Procurement & Category Management, Legal Services Category Management or Legal Services at Midwest Research Institute (MRI), Tracor Inc., Tracor Aerospace Inc., Texas Instruments, Radian Corporation, Radian International LLC, Radian SEA Limited (Thailand), Radian Engineering Inc., Pervasive Software Inc., Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC), URS Corporation (TCM Group), CH2M Hill, University of Texas at Austin, Dell, LCRA, Accenture Contract Management/Procurement, YRCI, BC Forward, USAA, Lumen Legal, Motek, ISI, and WellAware Holdings, Inc.
Currently, I own and operate the following two entities:
(1) " Consulting" (a general business consulting company focusing on contracts management services: See - ); and
(2) " Law Office of John E. Miller" (a Texas legal services law firm in Bryan/College Station, Texas: See - ).
Additionally, I currently serve as Vice President & General Counsel for Peterman Consulting Associates LLC in Round Rock, Texas: See - .
CAREER OBJECTIVE: "Bloom where I am planted ... Do the right thing ... Finish strong"
*I am a *Certified Professional Contracts Manager (CPCM)" as so designated by NCMA.
* In the last 8 years I have published more than 20 articles in the National Contract Management Association (NCMA) "Contract Management (CM) Magazine" and other national magazines. Links to each of these professional publications can be found at: .
*Early 2013 I was involved in the following Colorado CLE prestantation: *Advising Small Companies - Responding to Your Clients' Needs with Practical Advice – February 27, 2013 – Colorado Bar Association CLE - Basics of Contract Drafting and Negotiations: - Analysis of common contract provisions; Strategy in contract drafting; and Negotiating tips - Presented by Colleen Belak, Esq. - - with Johnny Miller’s Sixty Practical Contract Drafting Tips – NCMA CM Magazine in April 2006 -.