Law Firm Overview

Allen Miller is a land use and real estate attorney in private practice with offices at Smyth Landing, in Olympia. He graduated from the University of Virginia and Seattle University Law School. He has served as an assistant attorney general and was a partner in the firm of Connolly, Holm, Tacon & Meserve. After one of his partners was elected prosecutor he joined that office to lead the Land Use and Real Estate Division before returning to private practice at the end of 2006. He is also a registered lobbyist in real estate, land use, natural resource, water and environmental law areas of legislative policy.

Allen is former chair of the Thurston County Chamber, Immediate Past President of the Olympia Rotary Club, and Past President and Chair of the United Way of Thurston County. He has taught environmental law and real estate law as an adjunct professor at Seattle University Law School and South Puget Sound Community College. He recently served as Chair of the Washington State Bar Association’s Character and Fitness Committee and is currently the Treasurer of the Thurston County Bar Association. Mr. Miller has helped lead the twenty-year effort to complete the Capitol Campus with Heritage Park. In 1998 he was named Thurston County Citizen of the year.

Allen is married to Dr. Maureen Callaghan, a local neurologist. They have three children: Brendan, a junior at Western Washington University, Patrick, a freshman at the University of Washington, and Brigit, a junior at OHS.

Areas of Practice

• Environmental Law
• Litigation & Appeals
• Natural Resources Law
• Real Estate Law
• Land Use & Zoning

Honors and Awards

• Thurston County Citizen of the Year, 1998

Classes and Seminars

• Adjunct Professor, Environmental Law and Real Estate Law, Seattle University Law School
• Adjunct Professor, Environmental Law and Real Estate Law, South Puget Sound Community College
• Maxims, Monarchy and Sir Thomas More, Saint Martin's University and Thurston County Bar Association

West Practice Categories

Environmental Law, Litigation & Appeals, Natural Resources Law, Real Estate Law, Land Use & Zoning