[4] He was a Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for almost 10 years, and in 2009 he was chosen to serve as a special assistant to President Barack Obama.

"[9][13] Miller eventually became a litigation associate at the Los Angeles law firm then known as Manatt, Phelps, Phillips & Kantor.

(Miller's stint at Manatt Phelps has been identified as an inspiration for the character "Hamilton Schuyler", a dwarf lawyer portrayed by actor David Rappaport in the television series L.A.

He subsequently held posts as deputy director of the U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs and White House liaison to the disability community.

[8] In August 2004 Miller resigned to become a professor at the University of Washington (UW) Law School; his seat on the EEOC remained empty until January 2006, when it was finally filled by another noted disability activist, Christine M.

"[4] In his later career, Miller wrote about the interplay of disability rights and genetic science, writing papers with titles such as "Is There a Pink Slip in My Genes?"

Dr. Francis S. Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health and leader of the Human Genome Project, noted that Miller's "persistence paid off: after more than a decade of frustration, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act was finally signed into law in 2008.

"[2] In 2007 Miller was recruited to join then Senator Obama's Disability Policy Committee by his long-time friend and protege, Rebecca Cokley.