| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Forrest Miller | |
| Office: | Justice of the Supreme Court |
| Term Start: | 19 December 2023 |
| Office1: | Justice of the Court of Appeal |
| Term Start1: | 20 June 2013 |
| Term End1: | 19 December 2023 |
| Birth Place: | South Otago, New Zealand |
Forrest "Forrie" Miller (born 1956) is a New Zealand lawyer and judge. He has been a judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand since December 2023.
Miller was born in South Otago. He gained a Bachelor of Arts in history in 1978, and a Bachelor of Laws with Honours in 1981, both from the University of Otago. He later earned a Master of Laws degree at the University of Toronto in 1997.[1] [2]
Miller was admitted to the bar in 1981 and worked for a legal firm in Alexandra. He joined Chapman Tripp in 1984, becoming a partner in 1987.[3] He worked in a variety of areas of the law, including regulatory and competition law, commercial law, and public law litigation, specialising in securities.[2] He remained at Chapman Tripp until his appointment to the bench of the High Court of New Zealand in 2004. In 2013, he was elevated to the Court of Appeal.[4]
On 19 December 2023, Miller was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.[3] [5]
In 2019, Miller was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Laws by his alma mater, the University of Otago.[2] [6]