Attorney receives reprimand for actions under former Macomb prosecutor

Attorney receives reprimand for actions under former Macomb prosecutor

An attorney and former state lawmaker who worked for former disgraced Macomb County prosecutor Eric Smith was reprimanded last month by the state Attorney Discipline Board. Derek Miller of Sterling Heights received the reprimand, the lowest form of discipline that can be issued by the board, on Jan. 21 for his actions during his short tenure as chief of operations under Smith, who was convicted in 2022 of three low-level felonies for illicitly s…