Jill Horton-Miller

Jill Horton-Miller is an Associate at Pearce Law, L.L.C. in Hackensack with a broad civil practice. Her work includes commercial litigation, employment agreements, residential, commercial, and industrial real estate, personal injury, workers’ compensation, estate planning, estate administration and disputes, and corporate formation and disputes. She is admitted in New Jersey and New York and handles matters that range from transactions and planning to contested business, property, and injury-related proceedings.

Horton-Miller earned a J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law in Newark and a B.A. from Vassar College. At Rutgers, she participated in the Computer and Technology Law Journal. After law school, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Nicholas Mandak, Assignment Judge of the Passaic County Superior Court. Her education and clerkship provided a foundation in legal writing, court procedure, and the handling of varied civil matters.

Horton-Miller’s practice crosses several areas that can overlap in business and personal disputes. She handles commercial litigation, employment agreements, property transactions and conflicts, corporate formation and disputes, estate planning and administration, personal injury, and workers’ compensation. This range allows her to address matters involving contracts, ownership, real estate, business entities, succession concerns, workplace obligations, and claims arising from injury or disputed legal responsibilities.

Jill Horton-Miller has served in professional and community roles, including membership in Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Bergen County Alumnae Chapter, and prior service on the Board of Directors of the Northern New Jersey Fair Housing Council. Her practice combines civil litigation with transactional and planning work, giving clients access to counsel on business, property, estate, employment, injury, and corporate issues that may require negotiation, documentation, or court action.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Pearce Law, L.L.C.
• Member, New Jersey State Bar Association
• Member, New York State Bar Association
• Former Board Member, Northern New Jersey Fair Housing Council
• Member, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Bergen County Alumnae Chapter

Licensed State

• New Jersey
• New York

Education

• Rutgers University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Vassar College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Bachelor of Arts

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