resolved and settled successfully,” McMillan says.
The high stakes are exactly why they come to him. “I’m the go-to guy when people are in a jam, or when they want to take their career to another level,” he says. “Clients realize I get the job done.” He credits what he calls “seminal, historical wins”-the Prince case, for example-as helping attract new business.
Equally important, he believes, is his well-rounded corporate and entertainment expertise. “I create contracts and go to court. I’m a throwback to a time when lawyers had to know a lot about a lot of things.” Cathy Hughes, the founder and chairperson of Radio One, says McMillan is like a “vigilante” who doesn’t want to challenge the system, but wants to protect and advocate for clients within it.
McMillan is his own best advertisement. In addition to his personal real estate investments, he has