W. Daniel “Dee” Miles, a lawyer in our firm, is currently serving as Chairman of the Advisory Board for Cumberland School of Law at Samford University. Dee was named Chair-Elect last spring. As Chair, he will work hand-in-hand with Dean John Carroll on issues involving the law school’s continued excellence, stellar reputation, vision, accreditation, general operations, faculty, students, alumni affairs, the many Bar Associations and other assorted issues related to the law school.

It’s a tremendous honor for Dee to be elected by other board members to help lead the law school into the future. Dee, a 1989 graduate of Cumberland, joined our firm in 1991. He not only has been a pioneer of consumer fraud and commercial litigation nationwide, but Dee has demonstrated great leadership resulting in the firm’s numerous record-setting verdicts for clients in many areas of law. In addition to representing clients in litigation, Dee manages the entire Consumer Fraud / Commercial Litigation Section of the firm. He is involved in every case being litigated in this section and on a national level.

Cumberland School of Law, founded in 1847 as part of Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tenn,, was acquired by Howard College, now Samford University, in 1961. The law school is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. The school has alumni living and working in more than 46 states and a number of foreign countries. Cumberland is widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading law schools.