Alison B. Miller
Represents financial institutions, investors and companies in securities and commercial litigation, often relating to fintech, blockchain and cryptocurrency.
Alison represents clients in securities and general commercial litigation matters, drawing on broad trial experience to build and resolve cases from a trial-ready posture. She often represents institutional investors and portfolio companies in contractual disputes. Her practice emphasizes fintech, blockchain and cryptocurrency.
Additionally, Alison has experience in government investigations, M&A litigation and antitrust matters.
She is a member of the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance Legal Working Group.
Experience
Alison’s representations before joining Davis Polk include the following:
- Securing a favorable settlement for a corporate law firm in client fee dispute arising from a $1 billion transaction
- Securities law scholars in amicus brief filed in support of Coinbase’s motion for judgment on the pleadings in the SEC’s enforcement action against Coinbase
- Asset manager in contractual dispute concerning whether the SEC’s enforcement action against portfolio company Ripple Labs triggered its right to exit the investment
- Loan servicing company in multi-forum contractual dispute against private equity investor
- Residential mortgage-backed security trustee in “putback” actions
- Sealed Air, a packaging company, in Rule 10b-5 securities class action
- Valassis, an advertising company, in $250 million antitrust jury trial
- Insurance company in bellwether appeal concerning whether vacatur is appropriate when a judicial financial conflict is exposed
- Qualcomm in FTC antitrust enforcement action
- Technology company in CERCLA bench trial
- Energy company in expedited M&A bench trial
Recognition
Profiles in Diversity Journal – “Women Worth Watching,” 2022
Education
- magna cum laude
- Order of the Coif
- cum laude
Clerkships
Prior experience
- Associate, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg, 2019-2024
- Associate, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, 2014-2016 and 2017-2019
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Colorado
- U.S. District Court, S.D. New York
- U.S. Supreme Court