Judge M. Yvette Miller is the first African-American woman and the 65th Judge to serve on the Court of Appeals of Georgia. She was appointed to the Court of Appeals by Governor Roy Barnes on July 12, 1999. She has been re-elected statewide by the people of Georgia for two six-year terms, most recently in November 2006. She was sworn in to her current term by Governor Sonny Perdue on January 16, 2007.

Judge Miller is a native Georgian. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad N. Miller, and she has one sibling, Dr. Conrad N. Miller, Jr., all of Macon. She received her B.A. degree, cum laude, from Mercer University in 1977 and her J.D. degree from Mercer's Walter F. George School of Law in 1980. Judge Miller also earned an LL.M. degree in litigation from Emory University School of Law in 1988 and a LL.M. degree in Judicial Process from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2004.

Judge Miller has achieved many "firsts" in her distinguished career, including serving as one of the first female prosecutors in Fulton County. She worked with the office of the District Attorney of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit for four years and as senior in-house litigation counsel for MARTA for two years before moving to South Georgia, where she served as general manager and general counsel of a family-owned Ford dealership while also developing a private legal practice in Jesup (another first for an African-American woman). In 1989, Judge Miller became an Administrative Law Judge with the State Board of Workers' Compensation, and in 1992, Governor Zell Miller appointed her as the first woman, first African-American, and youngest person ever to serve as Director and Judge of the Appellate Division of the State Board of Workers' Compensation. Four years later, Governor Miller appointed her to the State Court of Fulton County, and she was re-elected as a State Court judge without opposition in 1998.

Judge Miller is a member of several bar associations, including the Atlanta Bar, the Georgia Association of Women Lawyers, and the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys. She is a founding member of the Judicial Section of the Gate City Bar. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Judicial Section of the Atlanta Bar Association, is a fellow of the Lawyers Foundation of Georgia, and is a member of the Lamar Inn of Court, the Lawyers Club of Atlanta, the Azalea City Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, and the Atlanta Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Judge Miller has received numerous awards and special recognitions for her professional and civic service. She was recognized for her achievements in Who's Who in Black Atlanta from 2001 to 2006, and she was designated by the Georgia Informer as one of "Georgia's Top 50 Influential Black Women" from 1991 to 2006. In 1997, she was awarded the Meritorious Service Award by the Mercer University Alumni Association. In 2006, Judge Miller was selected as one of approximately 20 American judges to attend the Sir Richard May Seminar on International Law and International Courts in The Hague, Netherlands. She frequently accepts invitations to lecture on various legal topics and has published numerous articles.

Judge Miller resides in Cobb County and is a member of Cascade United Methodist Church in Atlanta. She is also a life-long member of Steward Chapel AME in Macon.