Attorney Profile
Sally R. Miller
Education: Miami University of Ohio (B.A., 1973); Duquesne University, J.D., 1994
Admissions: Pennsylvania Bar, 1994,
Practice Areas: Family Law; Estate Administration; Land Use
Sally R. Miller is a director with the Pittsburgh office of Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky, where she concentrates her practice in family law.
Ms. Miller's practice involves all aspects of family law, including separation, divorce, premarital agreements, custody and adoption. Her clients have included men and women who are small business owners, college professors and health care professionals with complex property and custody issues. Additionally, Ms. Miller has experience in representing clients of various religious, ethnic and cultural backgrounds whose domestic situations often require creative approaches to resolution both in and out of court.
Ms. Miller has served as an elected council member of the Family Law Section of the Allegheny County Bar Association. She also is co-chair of the Opinions' Committee which determines which judicial opinions will be published for the legal community.
Ms. Miller is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and served on the Family Law Section Task Force on Family Court Reform. She has authored case updates for inclusion in continuing legal education publications and published in the PBA magazine, Family Lawyer. Ms. Miller also has lectured to community groups on such subjects as living wills, healthcare powers of attorney and other family matters.
Prior to entering the legal field Ms. Miller was a prize-winning newspaper reporter and editor who covered such topics as community development, the courts and healthcare.
Ms. Miller is a graduate of Duquesne University School of Law where she was a senior editor of Juris Magazine. She received her undergraduate degree from Miami University of Ohio where she majored in American Studies.
Ms. Miller and her husband, David W. Heastings, a newspaper editor, live on a farm in West Deer which they maintain as a natural habitat for native plants and wildlife. She also manages family-owned commercial real estate. Ms. Miller served as a member and secretary of the West Deer Zoning Hearing Board. She is a former trustee of B'nai Abraham Congregation in Butler.
