He was appointed by First Minister Arlene Foster and deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill for a five-year term until 11 August 2025.

Judge Miller was appointed as a County Court judge in 2009. A graduate of Queen’s University Belfast, he called to the Bar in 1983 and took silk in 2006. He qualified as a barrister south of the border in 1996.

His judicial career began with his appointment as a deputy resident magistrate in 2002, being elevated to a deputy district judge in the magistrates’ courts in 2008 until his appointment to the County Court bench.