Roger J. Miner is a United States Circuit Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He assumed senior status in 1997. At the time of his appointment in 1985 he was a United States District Judge in the Northern District of New York.

Judge Miner received his B.S. degree from the State University of New York and his LL.B. degree cum laude from New York Law School - where he served as Managing Editor of the Law Review - in 1956.

Judge Miner served on active duty as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps from 1956 until 1959 and later was promoted to Captain, JAGC in the U.S. Army Reserve. He was in private law practice from 1959 until 1975 in Hudson, New York. During this period, he also served as Corporation Counsel for the City of Hudson (1961-1964), Assistant District Attorney of Columbia County (1964), and District Attorney of Columbia County (1968-1975). In 1976, Judge Miner was elected a Justice of the New York State Supreme Court, Third Judicial District, a position in which he served until his appointment as a United States District Judge for the Northern District of New York in 1981.

Judge Miner is also an Adjunct Professor at Albany Law School, a position he has held since 1997. He was formerly an Adjunct Professor at New York Law School from 1986 to 1996.

Judge Miner is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Practicing Law Institute. He also holds honorary degrees from New York Law School (1989), Syracuse University (1990), and Albany Law School (1996).

Judge Miner is a native of Hudson, New York.