About Brian M. Saxe
Brian M. Saxe is Senior Counsel at The Miller Law Firm. He concentrates his practice on complex commercial, business, and class action litigation.
Mr. Saxe is a leading business litigator in Michigan and has been at the forefront of shaping the law in business-oppression litigation over the last 20 years. In recognition of his expertise, he has been named year after year a “Top Lawyer in Metro Detroit” by dBusiness Magazine and a “Super Lawyer in Business Litigation” by Michigan Super Lawyers Magazine. He has litigated numerous shareholder and membership disputes, including several highly influential cases in the Court of Appeals and the Michigan Supreme Court. Mr. Saxe represented the plaintiff in the first-ever shareholder-oppression case to be heard by the Michigan Supreme Court, resulting in the groundbreaking decision of Madugula v. Taub. His cases have resulted in numerous multimillion-dollar recoveries, repeatedly ranking among the highest in Michigan, including the #1 largest settlement reported in Michigan in 2015 and several other top-10 recoveries over the years.
Mr. Saxe has also successfully litigated class actions and complex matters throughout the nation on behalf of consumers and other aggrieved groups. He represented Michigan’s largest counties in the landmark Opioid litigation against the drug industry, involving one of the largest settlements in history. He has obtained other groundbreaking recoveries, including on behalf of children with autism against insurance companies, challenging the denial of coverage for vital behavioral therapy. Several of his class-action settlements have ranked among the highest recoveries in Michigan.
Mr. Saxe is an active member of the Privately Held Businesses Forum of the State Bar of Michigan, and he served as Chairman of its Publications Committee. He has given numerous presentations on business litigation issues for the State Bar of Michigan, including at the annual Business Law Symposium and at other SBM events.
Prior to joining The Miller Law Firm, Mr. Saxe worked at law firms focusing on business and complex commercial litigation and class actions, including as sole owner, co-owner, and partner. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Saxe served as judicial law clerk for the chief judge of Ingham County, as judicial intern for a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, and as judicial intern for a judge of the Oakland County Circuit Court. Mr. Saxe also served as an intern for Legal Services of South Central Michigan, and as a research assistant to a law professor at Michigan State University.
Mr. Saxe received his law degree, summa cum laude, from Michigan State University College of Law in 2006, where he graduated in the top 5% of his class and received Jurisprudence Achievement Awards for earning the highest grades in Research, Writing & Advocacy I; Research, Writing & Advocacy II; and Contract Drafting. During law school, Mr. Saxe was the Senior Articles Editor of the Michigan State Law Review, and served on the school’s Faculty Appointments Committee. In addition, Mr. Saxe’s student article, titled “When a Rigid Textualism Fails: Damages for ADA Employment Retaliation,” was selected for publication in the Michigan State Law Review and has since been cited in court opinions and in the leading treatise on statutory interpretation.
Prior to law school, Mr. Saxe received a Bachelor of Arts degree from James Madison College at Michigan State University in 2002, where he studied political science. While at Michigan State, he served as a member of the university’s Anti-Discrimination Judicial Board.