Sivin and Miller

What Sivin and Miller does

Sivin, Miller & Roche, LLP — operating publicly as "Sivin and Miller" — is a New York City-based plaintiff-side civil rights and criminal defense law firm headquartered at 20 Vesey Street in Lower Manhattan. Founded in 1981 by Edward Sivin (admitted to the New York Bar in 1981), the firm operates as a Limited Liability Partnership under New York law and is staffed by four partners (Edward Sivin, Glenn D. Miller, David T. Roche, Lissa Green-Stark) plus approximately six paralegals and support staff including an office manager. The firm does not have a parent company, subsidiaries, outside investors, or disclosed funding rounds.

The firm's core services span three practice areas: civil rights litigation (police misconduct, excessive force, false arrest, malicious prosecution, prisoner abuse, wrongful convictions), criminal defense (felonies including homicide, assault, narcotics, gun crimes, sex crimes, DWI, fraud, and white-collar matters, plus appeals), and personal injury (car accidents, construction accidents, medical malpractice, wrongful death). Civil rights and personal injury matters are accepted primarily on contingency — clients pay no upfront fee and the firm collects only on successful recovery — while criminal defense is fee-based with transparent upfront fee structures and optional payment plans. The firm offers free initial consultations and meets clients at their offices, homes, hospitals, or incarceration facilities.

Reported notable case outcomes include an $11 million verdict (bus accident), a $10 million verdict (police negligence), a $6 million settlement (construction accident), a $5 million verdict (car accident), and a $3.5 million verdict (police brutality). The firm has been recognized via Super Lawyers (Sivin and Miller), National Trial Lawyers Top 100 (New York civil plaintiff), and earned media coverage in the New York Times, New York Daily News, and Syracuse.com. Customer acquisition combines direct outreach, website contact forms, free consultations, content marketing via a legal blog, and earned media. There is no proprietary technology, AI/ML capability, or technology product offering — the firm is a services business.

Name

Sivin and Miller

Legal name

Sivin, Miller & Roche, LLP

Website

https://sivinandmiller.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sivin, Miller & Roche, LLP is a New York City boutique law firm serving victims of police misconduct, prisoner abuse, wrongful convictions, and criminal defendants across New York State on contingency and fee-based engagements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services - Civil Rights and Criminal Defense

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

Keywords

• Civil rights litigation
• Police misconduct representation
• Criminal defense services
• Personal injury law
• Wrongful conviction claims

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Civil Rights Litigation: Contingency fee representation for civil rights cases including police misconduct, false arrest, prisoner abuse, and wrongful convictions. Fees collected only upon successful recovery of settlement or verdict.
2. Criminal Defense: Fee-based criminal defense representation with transparent fee structures discussed upfront. Payment plans may be available for accessibility.
3. Personal Injury: Contingency fee arrangement where clients pay no upfront fees. Lawyer receives percentage of settlement or court award only if case is won.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Sivin, Miller & Roche, LLP is a New York law firm that provides legal representation in civil rights, police misconduct, prisoner abuse, wrongful conviction, criminal defense, and personal injury matters. The firm serves individual victims of police and corrections officer misconduct and criminal defendants in New York State and Federal courts, with most civil rights and personal injury cases accepted on a contingency fee basis.

Product overview

Sivin, Miller & Roche, LLP is a New York City law firm offering legal services rather than a technology product. The firm provides civil rights legal representation, including police misconduct, prisoner abuse, false arrest, and wrongful conviction cases. Additional practice areas include criminal defense (handling charges such as DWI, drug crimes, violent crimes, sex crimes, and white collar crimes) and personal injury cases (including car accidents, construction accidents, medical malpractice, and wrongful death). The practice is organized as a unified law firm offering multiple legal service lines rather than a platform-plus-modules product architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• NYC Civil Rights Legal Services Legal representation for victims of civil rights violations in New York City and throughout New York State, including police misconduct, false arrest, malicious prosecution, and excessive force cases handled on a contingency fee basis.
• Police Misconduct Legal Services Legal representation for victims of police brutality, police shootings, wrongful convictions, and other law enforcement misconduct in New York.
• Prisoner Abuse Legal Services Legal representation for incarcerated individuals who have suffered physical, sexual, or psychological abuse, medical neglect, or inhumane conditions in correctional facilities.
• Criminal Defense Services Legal defense for individuals facing criminal charges including DWI, drug crimes, violent crimes, sex crimes, white collar crimes, weapons crimes, and appeals.
• Personal Injury Legal Services Legal representation for victims of personal injuries including car accidents, construction accidents, wrongful death, medical malpractice, and product liability on a contingency fee basis.
• Wrongful Conviction Legal Services Legal services to challenge unjust convictions, seek exoneration, and pursue compensation for wrongfully convicted individuals in New York.
• False Arrest Legal Services Legal representation for individuals who have been unlawfully detained without warrant or probable cause, seeking compensation and justice in New York.

Quantifiable outcome

• $11 million verdict in bus accident case
• +4 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• FindLaw (Internet Brands)minorOthersFindLaw provides business development solutions and website services for the firm. This is a vendor/service provider relationship for website hosting and marketing services, not a strategic business partnership.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Rheingold Giuffra Ruffo & Plotkin LLP: New York personal injury and medical malpractice boutique with a similar track record of large verdicts. Comparable in scale, contingency-fee orientation, and trial-driven plaintiff practice.
• The Law Offices of Michael S. Lamonsoff: New York personal injury and accident firm concentrating on car, construction, and premises liability cases. Overlapping personal injury caseload and contingency-fee business model in the same NYC market.
• Beldock Levine & Hoffman LLP: Long-standing New York civil rights and personal injury firm with overlapping practice areas in police misconduct, wrongful conviction, and §1983 litigation. Directly comparable boutique-scale plaintiff civil rights shop serving the same NY client base.
• Belluck & Fox LLP: New York-based plaintiffs' firm with significant personal injury, asbestos, and civil rights practice areas. Comparable mid-size boutique structure and New York state focus.
• Levy Konigsberg LLP: New York-based plaintiffs' firm handling civil rights, personal injury, and mass tort matters including wrongful conviction and abuse cases. Comparable specialty civil rights/personal injury focus with similar contingency-fee model.
• Cellino Law: New York personal injury firm with strong brand recognition in car accident and premises liability matters. Comparable contingency-fee model and New York regional focus.
• Hach Rose Schirripa & Cheverie LLP: New York personal injury and civil rights firm with practice areas in construction accidents, premises liability, and police misconduct. Similar mid-size boutique operating in the same NYC/NYS plaintiff space.
• Edelman, Krasin & Jaye PLLC: New York personal injury and civil rights firm handling construction accidents, premises liability, and police misconduct. Comparable boutique plaintiffs' practice with overlapping service offerings.

Broad incumbents

• Morgan & Morgan: Largest U.S. personal injury plaintiff firm with multi-state operations and heavy advertising spend. Represents the scaled incumbent against which boutique civil rights/personal injury firms compete for plaintiff matters.
• Weitz & Luxenberg: Established New York-based personal injury and mass tort firm with broad practice areas including civil rights-adjacent litigation. Comparable contingency-fee plaintiff model but at materially larger scale and with mass-tort infrastructure.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SivinMillerLLP
• Facebookfacebook.com/SivinMillerRocheLLP
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sivin-&-miller-llp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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