An Award-Winning Law Firm Based in Macon, GA Serving Georgia & Beyond




R. Chix Miller

Managing Partner

Location: Macon, Georgia
Phone: 478-464-5342
478-320-8157 (Cell)
Fax: 478-464-5382

Email: rcmiller@sell-melton.com



Areas of Practice

  • Bond Counsel - Tax-Exempt Bond Financing
  • Commercial Transactions
  • Taxation
  • Tax-Exempt Bonds
  • Wills and Trusts
  • Probate
  • Government Representation



Bar Admissions

  • Georgia, 1978
  • Supreme Court of Georgia, 1978
  • Georgia Court of Appeals
  • U.S. District Court Middle and Northern Districts of Georgia

  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1984

Education

Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, Macon, Georgia

  • J.D. - 1978
  • Law Review: Assistant Managing Editor, Mercer Law Review, 1977 - 1978

Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia
  • L.L.M - 1980
  • Major: Taxation

United States Military Academy at West Point
  • B.S. - 1970


Published Works

  • Articles at 28 Mercer Law Review 395, 1977 and 29 Mercer Law Review 323, 1978, 1977
  • Co-Winner, Freshman Oral Argument Competition
  • Member, Jessup Cup International Law Moot Court Team


Professional Associations and Memberships

  • American Bar Association, Member
  • Macon Bar Association, Member
  • State Bar of Georgia, Member
  • National Association of Bond Lawyers, Member


VETERAN


  • Graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point – 1970
  • Graduated from Airborne School at Fort Benning, Georgia - 1970
  • Graduated from Ranger School at Fort Benning, Georgia - 1971
  • Served in the United States Army (RA) from 1970 to 1975 - Rising to the Rank of Captain


Pro Bono Activities

Over the years Mr. Miller served as:

  • Chairman, Board of The Salvation Army (Macon Corps)
  • President, Macon Lions Club
  • Chairman, First Church of Christ, Scientist, Macon
  • President, Macon Estate Planning Council
  • Chairman, Bibb County Training Center for the Developmentally Disabled












R. Chix Miller, rated “AV” in Martindale Hubbell Law Directory (the highest rating for legal ability and ethical standards) for the most recent seventeen (17) consecutive years, is a partner at Sell & Melton LLP and has represented numerous governmental entities as Bond counsel and Issuer’s counsel over the past thirty-seven (37) years. Mr. Miller has closed as Bond counsel over two-hundred sixty-five (265) bond issues in fifteen (15) states – Alabama, California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia. Mr. Miller also represents the Development Authority of Bibb County.

Mr. Miller specializes in acting as Bond counsel for the financing of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, manufacturing facilities, and low to moderate income housing projects. He has participated in several hospital and exempt facility financings as well.

At Sell & Melton LLP, at which he has been managing partner for over 20 years, Mr. Miller has amassed considerable experience in the field of public/municipal finance and in structuring and successfully completing wills and difficult financings. In addition to public/municipal finance, Mr. Miller practices in the areas of commercial transactions, contracts, taxation, wills, trusts, probate and governmental representation.

Mr. Miller and his wife, Cathy, have been married for over fifty (50) years. They have two (2) grown children and five (5) grandchildren.










R. Chix Miller

Managing Partner

Location: Macon, Georgia
Phone: 478-464-5342
478-320-8157 (Cell)
Fax: 478-464-5382

Email: rcmiller@sell-melton.com



R. Chix Miller, rated “AV” in Martindale Hubbell Law Directory (the highest rating for legal ability and ethical standards) for the most recent seventeen (17) consecutive years, is a partner at Sell & Melton LLP and has represented numerous governmental entities as Bond counsel and Issuer’s counsel over the past thirty-seven (37) years. Mr. Miller has closed as Bond counsel over two-hundred sixty-five (265) bond issues in fifteen (15) states – Alabama, California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia. Mr. Miller also represents the Development Authority of Bibb County.

Areas of Practice

  • Bond Counsel - Tax-Exempt Bond Financing
  • Commercial Transactions
  • Taxation
  • Tax-Exempt Bonds
  • Wills and Trusts
  • Probate
  • Government Representation



Bar Admissions

  • Georgia, 1978
  • Supreme Court of Georgia, 1978
  • Georgia Court of Appeals
  • U.S. District Court Middle and Northern Districts of Georgia

  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1984

Education

Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, Macon, Georgia

  • J.D. - 1978
  • Law Review: Assistant Managing Editor, Mercer Law Review, 1977 - 1978

Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia
  • L.L.M - 1980
  • Major: Taxation

United States Military Academy at West Point
  • B.S. - 1970


Published Works

  • Articles at 28 Mercer Law Review 395, 1977 and 29 Mercer Law Review 323, 1978, 1977
  • Co-Winner, Freshman Oral Argument Competition
  • Member, Jessup Cup International Law Moot Court Team


Professional Associations and Memberships

  • American Bar Association, Member
  • Macon Bar Association, Member
  • State Bar of Georgia, Member
  • National Association of Bond Lawyers, Member


VETERAN


  • Graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point – 1970
  • Graduated from Airborne School at Fort Benning, Georgia - 1970
  • Graduated from Ranger School at Fort Benning, Georgia - 1971
  • Served in the United States Army (RA) from 1970 to 1975 - Rising to the Rank of Captain


Pro Bono Activities

Over the years Mr. Miller has served as:

  • Chairman, Board of The Salvation Army (Macon Corps)
  • President, Macon Lions Club
  • Chairman, First Church of Christ, Scientist, Macon
  • President, Macon Estate Planning Council
  • Chairman, Bibb County Training Center for the Developmentally Disabled


Mr. Miller specializes in acting as Bond counsel for the financing of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, manufacturing facilities, and low to moderate income housing projects. He has participated in several hospital and exempt facility financings as well.

At Sell & Melton LLP, at which he has been managing partner for over 20 years, Mr. Miller has amassed considerable experience in the field of public/municipal finance and in structuring and successfully completing wills and difficult financings. In addition to public/municipal finance, Mr. Miller practices in the areas of commercial transactions, contracts, taxation, wills, trusts, probate and governmental representation. 

Mr. Miller and his wife, Cathy, have been married for over fifty (50) years. They have two (2) grown children and five (5) grandchildren.










The attorneys of Sell & Melton LLP provide legal advice and representation to clients in Macon, Georgia, and communities throughout Middle Georgia, Central Georgia, South Georgia, Bibb County, Houston County, Fulton County, Monroe County, Tift County, Dougherty County, Baldwin County, Upson County, Spalding County, Henry County, Fayette County, Jones County, Peach County, Treutlen County, Chatham County, Lowndes County, Thomas County, Colquitt County, Pulaski County, Twiggs County, Crisp County, Jasper County, Rockdale County and Lamar County, including the cities of Warner Robins, Atlanta, Marietta, Perry, Dublin, Milledgeville, Forsyth, Thomaston, Griffin, Albany, Tifton, Fayetteville, Peachtree City, McDonough, Stockbridge, Columbus, Lawrenceville, Sandy Springs, Roswell, Johns Creek, Athens, Conyers, Gray, Ft. Valley, Barnesville, Cordele, Savannah, Valdosta, Thomasville, and Moultrie. We also serve all communities off of I-75, I-16, I-85 and I-20.