Overview

Kevin Miller is a labor and employment partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Kevin’s practice is focused on guiding clients through their most complex and sensitive workforce issues, including managing the onboarding and separations of executives, investigating allegations of workplace misconduct, implementing significant reorganizations, assessing wage-and-hour practices, and navigating competition and solicitation issues. Clients turn to Kevin for high-touch advice during crisis situations, as well as for day-to-day counseling on a broad range of employment laws and regulations.

Kevin routinely advises on the labor and employment aspects of U.S. and cross-border M&A transactions and restructurings — particularly those involving private equity sponsors — and has represented clients in hundreds of transactions across myriad industries. He is frequently called upon to prepare and negotiate critical employment-related documents, including executive employment agreements, restrictive covenant agreements, and separation agreements. Kevin also represents clients in disputes and litigation before courts, arbitration panels and administrative agencies, including those involving restrictive covenants and trade secret theft, whistleblower allegations, and compensation-related issues.

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Thought Leadership

Moderator, “HR at a PE-backed Company,” GI Partners HR Summit, April 2025

Recognition

“Ones to Watch” – Best Lawyers, 2026

“Rising Star” – New York Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2020–2025

Memberships & Affiliations

New York City Bar Association

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2015New York
  • 2014New Jersey

Courts

  • United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

Education

  • Rutgers Law SchoolJ.D.2014

    Managing Editor, Rutgers Law Journal

    Albert P. Blaustein Memorial Award (Best Note)

  • Rutgers UniversityB.A., Political Science & Psychology2010