Stephen Miller has been with Peak Trust Company since 2009 and currently serves as General Counsel.
After trusts associated with the Horejsi family acquired Peak in 2009, Mr. Miller served as the primary liaison between Peak’s management and Peak’s sole shareholder. Mr. Miller previously served in management roles serving on Peak’s Board of Directors and Audit Committee. Mr. Miller became in-house counsel to the family and business affiliates of the Horejsi family in 1998 and has served in a number of executive management capacities for Horejsi affiliates since. He previously served as vice president and general counsel of Rocky Mountain Advisers, LLC, and Boulder Investment Advisers, LLC, each an SEC registered investment adviser with over $1.1 billion of assets under management. Mr. Miller also served as a director of Boulder Growth & Income Fund, Inc., Boulder Total Return Fund, Inc., First Opportunity Fund, Inc. and The Denali Fund, Inc., all publicly traded closed-end investment companies previously listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Prior to joining the Horejsi family enterprise as in-house counsel, Mr. Miller practiced law in the Denver office of Kirkland & Ellis from 1987 to 1992 and started a private practice in Boulder, Colorado in 1992. Mr. Miller maintains his law firm, Stephen C. Miller, P.C., and “of counsel” status with the law firm of Krassa & Miller, LLC. Mr. Miller holds a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the University of Georgia and a Juris Doctor degree with honors from the University of Denver, Sturm College of Law.