Amber S. Miller
Amber S. Miller is a partner with Crenshaw, Dupree & Milam, LLP. Miller helps clients with agricultural and business law matters, specializing in property rights and real estate, entity formation and corporate law, contract drafting and negotiations, while also assisting clients with federal regulatory compliance and administrative law matters and commercial litigation.
Amber brings her experience in private practice, agricultural policy, and government service to the firm. Prior to joining CD&M, Miller's private practice experience includes working at Brady & Hamilton, LLP in Lubbock, Texas as well as Thompson & Knight, LLP in Houston, Texas. Amber has consistently worked with agricultural policy in both private practice and in government service, with her government service work including serving as Deputy Secretary and General Counsel for the South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Agricultural Policy Advisor for South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds.
Amber has been licensed to practice law in the state of Texas for over sixteen years, after receiving her J.D., with high honors, from Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, in 2005. Amber also holds a M.S. in Animal Science, Meat Science emphasis from Colorado State University, and a B.S., magna cum laude, in Animal Science from Texas Tech University. Amber is Past President of the American Agricultural Law Association.. Amber is also a frequent presenter and serves on the planning committee for the annual Texas State Bar John Huffaker Agricultural Law Course at Texas Tech University. Outside of the office, Amber and her husband, Jarrod, are active members of the Lubbock community and First United Methodist Church, proud alumni and supporters of Texas Tech University, and enjoy raising their two children.
Education
- Texas Tech University, B.S
- Colorado State University, M.S.
- Drake University School of Law, J.D.
Course
- Agricultural Law
Publications
Jennifer Zwagerman, Amber S. Miller, Kate Dudding, Coronavirus and Contracts: What Did We Agree To?, prepared for educational purposes, see Drake University Agricultural Law Center, available at http://aglawcenter.wp.drake.edu, April 2020.Miller, Amber; Donley, Dennis; Hamilton, Brent, Texas Condemnation Law: A Landowner's Playbook, prepared for 2019 State Bar of Texas 13th Annual John Huffaker Agricultural Law Course, May 23-24, 2019, Lubbock, TX.
James M. Decker and Amber S. Miller, Should You Incorporate Your Ranch Or Not?, Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association's School for Successful Ranching, March 31, 2016
Miller, Amber, Lien Protections for Ag Chemical and Seed Providers – Part 1, Crenshaw, Dupree & Milam, LLP Ag Law Corner, available at https://www.cdmlaw.com/lien-protections-for-ag-chemical-and-seed-providers/, March 2016
Miller, Amber; Waggoner, David, Conflicts: Dealing With Multi-Party Issues, prepared for 2016 American Agricultural Law Association Annual Conference and CLE, October 7-8, 2016, Lubbock, TX.
Miller, Amber; Waggoner, David, Conflicts: Dealing With Multi-Party Issues, prepared for 2016 State Bar of Texas 10th Annual John Huffacker Agricultural Law Court, May 26-27, 2016, Lubbock, TX.
Tiffany Dowell and Amber Miller, Texas Exempt Wells: Where Does Fracking Fit?, 55.2 Nat'l Resources J. 239 (2015).
Miller, Amber; Waggoner, David, Grain Indemnity Fund: Background on the Formation of the Texas Grain Producers Indemnity Board and the Future of the Program, prepared for 2013 State Bar of Texas 7th Annual John Huffaker Agricultural Law Course, May 23-24, 2013, Lubbock, TX
Brady, Zach; Brady, Amber; Issues out of CREZ, prepared for 2011 Advanced Texas Administrative Law Seminar, August 25-26, 2011, Austin, TX.
Amber S. Brady, Case Law Update—Post-Bates and Rapanos Cases, Dormant Commerce Clause Invalidates Nebraska Statute, USDA's Temporary Injunction Lifted, Agricultural Management Committee Newsletter, ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, Vol. 11., No. 1, April 2007, p. 19.
Amber S. Brady, Property Designated for Agricultural Use and Home Equity Loans, Agricultural Law Update, Vol. 23, No. 11, November 2006, p. 1.
Amber S. Brady, Post-Smithfield and Hazeltine: An Evaluation of the Capper-Volsted Act as an Alternate Means of Marketing Power for Producers, 10 Drake J. Agric. L. 331 (2005).
School of Law
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Address
Texas Tech University School of Law, 3311 18th Street, Lubbock, Texas 79409-0004 -
Phone
806.742.3791 -
Email
law@ttu.edu