Practice Focus

Jennifer Grace Miller is counsel and co-chair of the Government & Election Law Group at Hemenway & Barnes. Jennifer advises government entities, public officials, businesses, nonprofits, and private clients on government and administrative law matters, policy issues, litigation and appellate advocacy. She also represents candidates and elected officials on ethics, campaign finance, and election-related issues.

Jennifer is a veteran litigator whose experience ranges from state and federal courts to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Supreme Court of the United States. She has also worked in all three branches of government and has an inside perspective and understanding of the legal and policy decision-making process at the state and local level.

Prior to joining Hemenway & Barnes, Jennifer served as counsel to the Massachusetts Senate. As chief legal counsel for the Senate, Jennifer advised 40 Senators and their staff on a broad range of complex and high-profile legal matters that include or relate to constitutional law, legislation, ethics, conflict of interest and litigation, among others. Jennifer also served as Chief of the Government Bureau in the Attorney General’s Office, which defends the Commonwealth when it is sued in state or federal court.

Jennifer began her public service career as Senior Staff Counsel at the Supreme Judicial Court and then served as an Assistant Solicitor General in the New York Attorney General’s Office. She began her legal career as a litigation associate at two national law firms.

Representative Experience

• Represents for-profit and non-profit entities, government officials, candidates and individuals in federal and state courts and before administrative agencies.
• Advocates on behalf of government agencies, businesses and nonprofits before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (SJC) and the Massachusetts Appeals Court.
• Regularly represents entities interested in proposing or opposing ballot questions, including advocacy at the SJC.
• Advises advocacy organizations on legal and policy decision-making at the state and local levels.
• Advises nonprofit entities and other organizations on federal investigations.
• Co-lead counsel in federal Special Counsel investigation.
• Tried redistricting matter in federal court.
• Argued the Massachusetts case, McCullen v. Coakley, before the United States Supreme Court, and worked to enact new legislation following the Court’s decision.