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Melvin H. Miller (born July 24, 1939) is an American lawyer and politician. ==Life== Miller was born on July 24, 1939, in Brooklyn, New York City.〔(''New York Red Book'' ) (1987–1988; pg. 205)〕 He graduated from Brooklyn College and New York University School of Law. He was admitted to the bar in 1964, and is a member of the New York County Lawyers Association. He has taught at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York and at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He was a Democratic member from Kings County of the New York State Assembly from 1971 to 1991, sitting in the 179th, 180th, 181st, 182nd, 183rd, 184th, 185th, 186th, 187th, 188th and 189th New York State Legislatures. He was Speaker from 1987〔(''ASSEMBLY'S NEW SPEAKER DISAGREES WITH CUOMO'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on January 8, 1987〕 to 1991. He was responsible for the Fiscal Reform Act of 1990. Upon being convicted on 8 out of 19 felony charges in the Federal court at Brooklyn, he lost the speakership on December 13, 1991,〔(''Conviction Adds New Troubles for Cuomo and the Budget'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on December 14, 1991〕 and was replaced by majority leader James R. Tallon as Acting Speaker until the election of Saul Weprin to the speakership on December 16, 1991.〔(''Man in the News: Saul Weprin; A Quiet Conciliator'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on December 17, 1991〕 In the case, which did not involve his work in government, Miller and his Assembly aide and onetime law partner, Jay Adolf, were charged with cheating legal clients out of some of the profits from investments in cooperative apartments. They acknowledged receiving a total of about $250,000 in three deals, but denied defrauding clients. The jury convicted each defendant of six charges of fraud, one of conspiracy and one of using an assumed name, all involving one scheme to secretly buy and resell eight apartments in a Brooklyn building. The jury found that they had deprived their clients of the right to buy the apartments and receive the profits. Under New York State law, any member of the state legislature who is convicted of a felony is automatically expelled. Miller immediately lost his seat in the Assembly and position as Speaker.〔(''Miller Is Found Guilty of Fraud; Speaker Loses Seat in Assembly'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on December 14, 1991〕 The conviction, however, was later overturned on appeal.〔(''Ousted Speaker In Albany Wins Case on Appeal'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on June 25, 1993〕 He is now widely recognized as an authority on public finance and the state budgetary process, and as one of the founders of Bolton St Johns, he serves as Senior Consultant to the firm. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mel Miller」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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