Miller Law LLC

What Miller Law LLC does

Miller Law LLC is a privately held, founder-operated Ohio law firm specializing in small and mid-sized business mergers and acquisitions and franchise advisory services. The firm was established by Managing Member Bradley Miller, who has completed nearly 100 business and franchise transactions since 2011, and operates as a single-location practice headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, serving clients throughout the state. The firm's product set is organized into two practice areas: Business M&A Services (covering deal structuring, due diligence, purchase document drafting, lender compliance, and closing for business buyers and sellers) and Franchisee Legal Services (covering franchise disclosure document review, franchise agreement negotiation, entity structuring for growth, and commercial lease review for prospective and expanding franchisees). A productized New Franchise Purchase Package starts at $2,750.

The firm's business model is built around a flat-fee, no-hourly-billing pricing structure that is uncommon in legal services. Business M&A engagements are priced at 1–3% of the purchase or asking price, with all fees agreed upfront before work begins, eliminating surprise billing. The go-to-market motion is direct and localized: clients are acquired primarily through organic SEO and content marketing (M&A and franchise glossaries, process guides, educational articles), direct website inquiries, and referrals from Ohio-based business brokers who trust the firm with their buyer and seller clients. The firm does not offer technology products, software, or applications, and its competitive differentiation is grounded in practitioner expertise, plain-language documentation, and pricing transparency rather than technology.

Miller Law LLC is bootstrapped with no institutional investment, no parent company, and no disclosed funding history. The practice is registered as an Ohio LLC, operates exclusively under Ohio law (as stated in its website disclaimer), and serves a fragmented long-tail client base of first-time business buyers, small-business sellers, and franchise prospects across diverse verticals including swim schools, fitness, food and beverage, pet care, and education. The firm is not publicly traded and shows no recent mergers, acquisitions, regulatory actions, or leadership changes.

Name

Miller Law LLC

Legal name

Miller Law LLC

Website

https://bradleymillerlaw.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Miller Law LLC is an Ohio-based law firm founded by Bradley Miller that provides flat-fee legal services for small and mid-sized business M&A transactions and franchise purchases, serving first-time business buyers, sellers, and franchisees across Ohio.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services for Small Business M&A and Franchise Transactions

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) & Securities Law (BPAHAAAI)

Keywords

• Business acquisition law
• Franchise legal services
• Small business M&A
• Franchisee advisory
• Flat-fee legal services

Headquarters

HQ city

Columbus

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Business M&A: Flat-fee legal services for buying and selling small and mid-sized businesses. Pricing is individually quoted based on deal specifics, typically ranging 1-3% of purchase/asking price. No hourly billing model.
2. Legal Services - Franchise Advisory: Flat-fee legal services for franchise purchases and expansions. New Franchise Purchase package starts at $2,750, with customized solutions for existing franchisees looking to add locations or territories.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Miller Law LLC provides flat-fee legal services for small business mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and franchise transactions in Ohio. The firm represents business buyers, business sellers, and franchisees throughout the deal lifecycle — from offer to closing — handling deal structuring, due diligence, purchase document drafting, franchise disclosure review, lease negotiation, and ownership transition support without hourly billing.

Product overview

Miller Law LLC is a single-location Ohio law firm offering a unified set of legal services focused on two core practice areas: business mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and franchise advisory services. The firm's primary offerings consist of Business M&A Services (handling the full deal lifecycle for business buyers and sellers), Franchisee Legal Services (guiding clients through franchise purchases and expansion), and a structured New Franchise Purchase Package (a flat-fee service bundle for first-time franchisees). All services are priced using flat fees rather than hourly billing, with most business deals priced at 1–3% of the purchase price and the New Franchise Purchase Package starting at $2,750. The firm operates exclusively in Ohio and does not offer technology or software products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• McDonald Hopkins LLC: Cleveland-based business law firm with a dedicated M&A practice serving middle-market and small-cap deals across Ohio. Comparable to Miller Law because it competes for the same SMB business-buyers and sellers in Ohio, though it operates with significantly more attorneys and broader practice areas.
• Ice Miller LLP: Indianapolis/Columbus-based full-service firm with a substantial business transactional and M&A group. Comparable because both serve Ohio-based SMB M&A clients; Ice Miller is a much broader incumbent that can absorb smaller transactional matters away from Miller Law.
• Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP: Ohio-founded full-service law firm with deep M&A, securities, and corporate practice. Direct peer in Ohio SMB M&A deal services, though Vorys serves a wider mix of public company, mid-market, and SMB clients.
• Kegler Brown Hill + Ritter Co., LPA: Columbus-based law firm with a strong business transactions practice serving SMBs and middle-market companies. Directly comparable as a Columbus-headquartered competitor for Ohio-based small business transactional and M&A mandates.
• Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP: Columbus-headquartered full-service law firm with a substantial corporate/M&A practice serving Ohio SMBs. Geographic and service overlap makes it one of the most direct peer competitors in the Columbus SMB M&A market.
• Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP: Ohio-based business law firm with a dedicated corporate/M&A practice serving closely held and middle-market companies. Competes for the same SMB buyers and sellers in Ohio and frequently serves as sell-side or buy-side counsel on transactions similar to Miller Law's deals.
• Frantz Ward LLP: Cleveland-based boutique law firm focused on business transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and franchise law. Among the closest peers given its franchise-law emphasis matching Miller Law's franchise advisory practice, both serving Ohio-based clients.
• Frost Brown Todd LLP: Full-service law firm with strong Ohio presence (Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland) and a dedicated M&A practice serving SMB and middle-market transactions. Direct peer in the Ohio SMB M&A legal services market.
• Calfee Halter & Griswold LLP: Cleveland-based law firm with a substantial corporate/M&A and securities practice serving middle-market and SMB clients across Ohio. Geographically and competitively overlapping with Miller Law for Ohio-based deal counsel mandates.

Broad incumbents

• DLA Piper LLP (Franchise Practice): Global law firm with a nationally recognized franchise practice group representing franchisors and franchisees. Comparable because of overlapping franchise-law subject matter, though DLA Piper serves enterprise franchisors rather than the prospective franchisee SMB segment Miller Law focuses on.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/bradleymiller
• Facebookfacebook.com/ohiosmallbusinesslawyer
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bradleymiller

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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