The document is available in HTML, PDF, or Microsoft Word formats. The duties of a borough solicitor are found in Chapter 11. Powers, Duties and Rights of Appointed Officers and Employees, Subchapter D, Solicitor. In essence, the solicitor serves as legal counsel for the borough on matters of law .
The solicitor attends the borough council meetings which are held monthly on the third Tuesday at the borough building located at 119 Franklin Street in New Florence at 6:30 p.m. The meetings are open to the public and all are encouraged to attend.
Jeffrey Miller is an attorney focusing on criminal defense, commercial litigation and municipal matters. He has broad experience in the courtroom, arbitration proceedings and in administrative proceedings. Mr. Miller spent several years at the Berks County Public Defender’s Office in Reading, Pennsylvania as a Supervising Trial Attorney trying major felony and high-profile cases. He has also been in private practice for more than 25 years, handling matters including divorce, real estate transactions, estates and personal injury matters. He has tried over 80 cases to jury verdict and has trial experience in complex and high-profile criminal matters including capital homicide. He has been qualified under Rule 801 as qualified death penalty counsel for more than a decade. He has represented individuals in most Western and West-Central Pennsylvania Counties, including Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Indiana, Clearfield, Bedford, Somerset, Westmoreland, Blair and Huntingdon.