Miller is a large beneficiary of taxpayer-funded lobbying with public agencies in the Houston area, with his benefactors being the aforementioned Houston Municipal Employees Pension System, the Houston Police Officers’ Pension System, University of Houston, the Port of Houston authority, and the City of Galveston Employees’ Retirement Plan for Police. Taxpayer-funded clients make up 19 percent of Miller’s lobbying contracts. Miller’s list of client contracts includes Landry’s Inc., Houston Municipal Employees & Police Officers’ Pension Systems, and numerous notable Houston-area companies and organizations. Miller also served as the chairman of the board of the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County from 1998 to 2002. Don Henderson.Īfter graduating from law school in 1985, he started with Locke Lord as an associate. While attending law school at The University of Texas, Miller served in the 68th Texas Legislature as legislative director to State Sen. Miller focuses on lobbying at all levels of government: local, state, and federal. Robert Miller is the 10th highest-paid lobbyist in Austin, raking in up to $4,109,999, and a partner at Locke Lord LLP. Miller, a man close to the Texas establishment. When one hears about an “influential leader in the Texas Capitol,” they often picture a Texas politician, not the lobbyists influencing said politicians.
