“When you’re a business lawyer, the two top qualities you can have are to listen and to ask questions. Your clients will appreciate that you’ll be able to get deals done efficiently and effectively the first time, and the parties will be able to leave knowing the deal got done how they wanted.”

Overview

C.J. Miller is a business lawyer in the firm’s Lafayette office, advising clients on commercial finance, secured transactions, commercial real estate, and general business matters, as well as succession and fiduciary administration. He brings a practical, business-oriented perspective shaped by his experience at Liskow and his time serving in-house at one of the largest healthcare systems in Louisiana, where he served as an Assistant General Counsel and handled various transactional and commercial contract matters.

C.J. works with a wide range of clients, including:

• Local, regional, and national banks on all manner of commercial loan projects;
• Businesses, both as lead counsel and local counsel, as they buy, sell, and lease commercial real estate, including land, multifamily housing projects, and commercial and residential developments;
• Owners and management, as they form new business entities, negotiate and enter into various business contracts, and plan and implement mergers and acquisitions; and
• Administrators of successions and other fiduciaries, as they seek advice in implementing the provisions of wills and trusts, and heirs and legatees of successions and beneficiaries of trusts, as they seek advice on their rights.