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title: Rita Miller
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# Rita Miller

Judge Rita (“Sunny”) Miller (Ret.) is a mediator and arbitrator at *ADR Services*, handling all types of civil litigation, including personal injury, employment, products and premises liability, malpractice, business disputes, and civil rights. She graduated from Loyola Law School, summa cum laude. As an attorney, she represented both plaintiffs and defendants in civil litigation. Judge Miller sat in Mosk Courthouse for 14 years and by assignment on the Court of Appeal for more than a year. She was CAALA’s 2011 Trial Judge of the Year, a frequent CAALA speaker, and a founding member of Loyola Law School Civil Justice Program. Her true love is the Cowboy Lawyers Association. [judgemiller@adrservices.com](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/mailto:judgemiller@adrservices.com).

### Articles written by this author:

## [Don’t make your first witness your first mistake](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-january/don-t-make-your-first-witness-your-first-mistake "Don’t make your first witness your first mistake")

Calling a defense witness as your first witness is a popular idea – and a bad one

[Rita Miller](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/rita-miller "Rita Miller")

[2021 January](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-january)

## [Evidence Code mediation rules](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-september/evidence-code-mediation-rules "Evidence Code mediation rules")

Know the official rules for mediation and keep yourself out of avoidable predicaments

[Rita Miller](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/rita-miller "Rita Miller")

[2024 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-september)

[![New laws on discovery in arbitration](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Miller-istock-2188925032_739f4d595703d919efc725cacf051ef4.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-september/new-laws-on-discovery-in-arbitration "New laws on discovery in arbitration")

## [New laws on discovery in arbitration](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-september/new-laws-on-discovery-in-arbitration "New laws on discovery in arbitration")

Plus other new consumer-friendly changes to California arbitration law effective January 1, 2025

[Rita Miller](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/rita-miller "Rita Miller")

[2025 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-september)