Grant Miller

He attended the SJ Quinney College of law at the University of Utah where he was President of the Student Bar Association. He was awarded with the Pro Bono Initiative’s Certificate of Service for his volunteer legal service. He graduated in 2017 and was the student speaker at this graduation. He was admitted to the Utah State Bar and the Federal Bar later that year.

His practice began in private criminal defense in Park City. He specialized in clearing records by successfully litigating expungements and conviction reductions. After his time in private practice, Mr. Miller became a public defender with SLLDA in the misdemeanor division and moved up to the felony division after a year and a half. He has taken scores of trials to verdict in both the District and Justice Courts during his time at SLLDA. He has represented defendants on every kind of criminal case, from traffic tickets to homicides.

Mr. Miller is currently a sitting legislator in the Utah State House of Representatives. He represents House District 24 which includes most of downtown Salt Lake City. He was elected in 2024 and serves on the Judiciary and Ecomonoic Development Committees. His legislative accomplishments include state appropriations for people facing hunger, removing licensing barriers for social workers, and criminal justice reforms.

He was a Utah Business Magazines “40 Under 40” in 2023. He formally served as president of the Young Lawyers Division of the Utah State Bar and represented Utah at the American Bar Association YLD House of Delegates. He is the former director of the Wills For Heroes program in Utah and served as a board member on the SJ Quinney College of Law Young Alumni Association.

Mr. Miller plays trombone and is formally a touring and studio musician. He is a former member of indie-folk combo L’anarchiste, which received mainstream critical acclaim from NPRs Weekend Edition, The Wallstreet Journal, and Paste Magazine. They were City Weekly’s “Band of the Year” in 2013.