Joe is a seasoned antitrust attorney and Co-chair of the firm’s Antitrust Practice. He has nearly 30 years of experience that spans roles in private practice, as a general counsel, and with federal antitrust enforcement agencies. He focuses his practice on providing strategic transactional advice and representing clients in government investigations and merger reviews. Joe primarily works with clients in the health care industry.
His work includes representing health care companies before the FTC and DOJ in merger reviews, counseling them on the antitrust aspects of transactions, and advising on risks associated with payer-provider contracting. He also advises pharmaceutical distributors, hospitals, health plans, and physician groups on a broad range of compliance issues, including information sharing, contractual arrangements, and interactions with competitors.
Prior to joining Mintz, Joe was a partner at a Washington, DC-based international law firm, where he was on the steering committee of the firm’s Antitrust Group as well as a member of the firm’s Health Care Group.
Before returning to private practice, Joe was the general counsel of a national trade association for the health insurance industry. Along with supervising a team of attorneys, he served as the association’s policy lead on health care competition issues, regularly testifying before Congress, advocating for positions at FTC policy roundtables, and participating in health care symposia.
Earlier in his career, Joe served as Assistant Chief of the Health Care and Consumer Products Section of the US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, a lead attorney on DOJ antitrust investigations in multiple industries, and a trial attorney in the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition.
Joe is a sought-after speaker at trade association events, including the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) and America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), as well as at the American Conference Institute, American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section, government agencies, and private organizations. He is also frequently quoted in national legal and business publications, including Bloomberg periodicals, Corporate Counsel, Global Competition Review, and Law360.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Joseph M. Miller
- FTC Invokes New and Expanded Powers to Propose Bar on Employee Non-Competes - (Posted On Monday, January 09, 2023)
- New Law Hikes HSR Merger Filing Fees for Large Deals and Imposes Foreign Subsidy Disclosure Requirement - (Posted On Tuesday, January 03, 2023)
- A Dose of Steroids: Chair Khan's FTC Releases Expansive Policy Statement on Unfair Methods of Competition - (Posted On Tuesday, November 15, 2022)
- FTC Policy Paper Supports Agency’s Long-Held Position in Opposition to COPAs - (Posted On Thursday, August 18, 2022)
- Foul Play: DOJ Files Lawsuit and Proposed Consent Decrees with Poultry Processors over Wage Suppression Conspiracy - (Posted On Tuesday, August 02, 2022)
- FTC, DOJ Launch Proceeding to Revise Antitrust Merger Guidelines - (Posted On Wednesday, January 19, 2022)
- DOJ and FTC Virtual Workshop: Agencies Discuss Whole-of-Government Approach and New Solutions to Address Competition Issues in Labor Markets - (Posted On Friday, December 10, 2021)
- Stop the Presses: DOJ Sues to Prevent Monopsony Resulting from Penguin Random House Acquisition of Simon & Schuster - (Posted On Tuesday, November 09, 2021)
- Webinar Recording: Cutting Through the Antitrust Noise — What’s Actually Going On? [VIDEO] - (Posted On Friday, October 08, 2021)
- Integrity Through Compliance: Dionne Lomax and Joe Miller Take a Deep Dive Into Consent Decree Enforcement at FTC and DOJ [PODCAST] - (Posted On Wednesday, July 14, 2021)