Ben Miller is of counsel in the Baton Rouge office of Kean Miller.  A founding member of the firm, he has more than 46 years of experience in commercial and industrial transactions, real estate, tax and corporate law.  Ben served as the firm’s managing partner for 15 years.  His experience in Louisiana corporate and business law enables him to recognize the specialized issues involved in commercial and industrial acquisitions, mergers and acquisitions, and real estate matters.  Ben has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, Inc.) since 1989 and in Chambers USA – America’s Leading Business Lawyers (Corporate Law/Mergers & Acquisitions, 2003-2011). 

Ben represents clients in the finance, acquisition, construction, purchase, refinancing, management, leasing and sale of various types of real estate developments, both commercial and residential, including office buildings, shopping malls, manufacturing parks, retail centers, industrial facilities, and commercial developments.  He advises business and corporate clients with regard to commercial lending transactions, financings, and the structure and formation of corporate entities.  He has extensive experience in the negotiation and structuring of construction, permanent and mezzanine financing.

Education

Ben earned his B.S., cum laude, from Louisiana State University in 1961.  He earned his J.D. from the LSU Law Center in 1961 where he is a member of the LSU Law School Hall of Fame.  During law school he was a member of the Order of the Coif and served as Editor-in-Chief of the Louisiana Law Review.  After law school, he was a Captain in the U.S. Army and served in its Judge Advocate General's School and as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law at Louisiana State University Law School.

Admissions

• Admitted, Louisiana, 1961

Memberships

• Baton Rouge, Louisiana State (House of Delegates, 1975-1976) and American Bar Associations
• Member, Louisiana Bar Foundation (1961-1963)
• Captain, U.S. Army Reserves

Community Service

• Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, Board of Directors
  
• Huey and Angelina Wilson Foundation, Trustee, Chair Investment Committee
  
• Louisiana Association for Nonprofit Organizations (LANO), Board of Directors
• Future Pac, Board of Directors
• LSU Law Center, Board of Trustees
• The Wilbur Marvin Foundation, Secretary, Board of Directors
• Baton Rouge Area Chamber of Commerce, Chairman, Board of Directors
• Baton Rouge Area Foundation, Chairman, Vice President, Secretary
• Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, Board of Directors
• Louisiana Partnership for Technology and Innovation, Board of Directors
• Episcopal High School, Trustee
• St. James Episcopal Church, Senior Warden, Treasurer, Vestryman, Associate Vestryman, School Board President
• St. James Place Retirement Community, Trustee, Vice President, President
• Mercantile Stores National Bank, Board of Directors
• The Recreation and Parks Foundation of East Baton Rouge, Board of Directors
• Committee of 100, Member
• City of Baton Rouge, Member Horizon Plan Task Force
• Rotary Club of Baton Rouge, Member
• City Club of Baton Rogue, Board of Directors