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Veronica Miller

Pronouns: She, Her, Hers

Deputy Legislative Director

Advocacy & Policy

Bio

Veronica Miller joined the ACLU-PA in July 2023 as Senior Policy Counsel for Criminal Legal Reform before taking on the role of Deputy Legislative Director in 2025. She has over 10 years of experience as a practicing attorney. She began her legal career as an assistant public defender in Dauphin County where she represented hundreds of juvenile and adult clients from start to finish on cases ranging from summaries to first-degree murder. After a brief time in private practice, she joined the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts as legal counsel where she advised on matters impacting the statewide case management systems. In the four and half years before coming to the ACLU-PA, Veronica served as the Deputy Chief Counsel to the Senate Democratic Appropriations Committee under the chairmanship of Senator Vincent Hughes. (Harrisburg)

Featured Work

News & Commentary
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  • Indigent Defense Reform|
  • +2 Issues

What Pennsylvania’s failure to fund public defenders means across the commonwealth

This is a small snapshot of evidence in our lawsuit against the state over its failure to fund public defenders. As it stands, the commonwealth, excluding the Defender Association of Philadelphia, is tied with Mississippi for dead last in per capita funding of public defenders.
News & Commentary
statue of lady justice and her scales
  • Indigent Defense Reform|
  • +2 Issues

What Pennsylvania’s failure to fund public defenders means across the commonwealth

En un condado, un abogado quien tenía un año de haber salido de la facultad de derecho fue nombrado como el jefe de los defensores públicos.