A Timeline of Attorney Brad Miller & Colorado School Boards
2013
- Misdirection | How the Koch brothers and other billionaires are staging a take over of our public schools | Boulder Weekly
- “Kerrigan and the board majority were so eager to hire Miller that they actually presented a signed contract dated Dec. 5, 2013 between the school board and Brad Miller’s law firm — six days before the need for a board attorney was ever mentioned in public. Dec. 18, the board would discuss and then vote on hiring a board attorney; a position the Thompson School Board, and a majority of other boards, had never had. The district has had an attorney at the board’s disposal for years, an accommodation whose efficacy had never been brought into question.“
- “It was Brad Miller, a graduate of the ultra-conservative Leadership Program of the Rockies, a group that is tied to the Koch brothers and Alex Cranberg. (Kerrigan and reform board member Bryce Carlson are also Leadership Program alumni.) Miller founded Charter School Solutions, which helps charter schools start and operate. Miller is also the attorney who was hired simultaneously by the board of Jefferson County Schools, where another reform majority has similarly taken control with the financial backing of the same conservative forces as those in Thompson. Kerrigan and the board majority were so eager to hire Miller that they actually presented a signed contract dated Dec. 5, 2013 between the school board and Brad Miller’s law firm — six days before the need for a board attorney was ever mentioned in public.“
- History Is Still Being Written in the Ugly Battle Over Public Education in Jefferson County | Westword
- “In December 2013, the board majority voted to hire Colorado Springs attorney Brad Miller to represent the school board at a cost of up to $90,000 per year. Two days before the vote, Witt, who is the board president, e-mailed the other four members about possibly hiring Miller or another attorney. The two minority members, Jill Fellman and Lesley Dahlkemper, did not get a chance to interview Miller before the meeting; the three majority members did. When Fellman and Dahlkemper questioned why the board needed its own attorney and why it was moving so quickly to hire one, Witt pointed to the pending retirement of an attorney who worked for the district. The minority members argued that it had not been the retiring attorney’s job solely to represent the board, but the majority voted to hire Miller anyway.“
- Jeffco PTA president: School board violates state transparency law | CFOIC
- “Witt, Williams, and Newkirk outright ignored them and approved the hire of attorney Brad Miller without telling the public anything about Miller, discussion of his contract, description of scope of work, or how much this service will cost all of us – the taxpayers.“
2014
- School board hires attorney | Reporter Herald
- “Thompson School Board hires attorney and charter school expert Brad Miller for legal counsel separate from that already provided to the district’s administration.
- Caldwell: Two new school boards’ mysterious agendas | The Denver Post
- “One of the things people in Jeffco and Loveland seem suspicious about is a perception the school board is being manipulated by an unseen hand. On that count, the almost simultaneous proposals by new majorities in Jeffco and Loveland to hire Miller, the Colorado Springs attorney known for his work on charter schools, was fuel for speculation.“
- Concerned for Jeffco | Six Degrees of Brad Miller”
- “Jeffco School Board’s new attorney Brad Miller, who was hired in a backroom deal, also owns a company called Charter School Solutions, co-owner of the business is Denise Mund. She has power over creating and approving new Charter schools. She spent approx.13 years running the division in the Colorado Dept of Education that oversees Charter Schools. Brad Miller’s brother-in law is Paul Lundeen, chairman of the State Board of Education, and candidate for the state legislature. By all accounts, Miller has been able to secure some lucrative contracts dealing with Colorado education.”
2015
- Ties bind conservative school boards’ anti-union attacks | Colorado Independent
- “The most recent battle in the conservative attack on teachers’ unions erupted in Loveland’s Thompson School District. The fight comes in the wake of similar — and perhaps politically connected — squabbles in Jefferson County and Douglas County where conservative board members have tried to bulldoze the unions — and in JeffCo may get recalled instead.“
- That same evening, the board’s private attorney Brad Miller informed the board that he had sought and received a $150,000 grant from the Daniels Fund to cover the costs of outside attorneys hired to defend the board in court. Miller obtained the grant on his own, without seeking board authority. The grant was accepted, also on a 4-3 vote.
- Jeffco board attorney resigns in wake of recall | Chalkbeat
- “Attorney Brad Miller, a central character in the successful campaign to recall three Jefferson County school board members, resigned Monday from his position representing the board. Recall organizers portrayed the conservative board majority’s hiring of Miller at $90,000 a year as wasteful and unnecessary.“
- Updated: Brad Miller resigns as Thompson School District attorney | Loveland Reporter-Herald
2016
- A Virtual Mess: Inside Colorado’s Largest Online Charter School | Ed Week
- “In a written statement, Brad Miller, a lawyer for both Falcon District 49 and Colorado Digital BOCES, described the move to cut ties with Summit as an example of accountability at work:“
2021
- She requested electronic copies of emails. The charter school provided a box of rain-soaked paper. | Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
- “Bedingfield again requested digital copies of the records and a refund of at least some of the $134.32 she’d paid Monument Academy. She copied Lewis-Palmer School District officials on her correspondence with Miller, and she spoke about the school’s frustrating response to her request during the public comment period of a Monument Academy board meeting.“
- School board controversy isn’t new for law firm that D51 board is targeting | The Daily Sentinel
- “When the Mesa County Valley School District 51 Board of Education added to its agenda an action item on its first business meeting for approving a contract for Colorado Springs-based legal counsel, it caught two of five board members — and much of the community that’s invested in the School District — off guard.“
- Mesa County School Board’s New ‘Conservative Bloc’ Proposes Replacing Legal Counsel Without Consulting Other Members | CTR
- “While Mesa County Valley School Board’s three new members – Andrea Haitz, Angela Lema, and Will Jones – ran as a “conservative bloc” and talked about the need for transparency during their campaigns, the trio has been less than transparent regarding one of their first items of business since being sworn in November 30. Doug Levinson, the sole remaining school board member from the last board of directors, and new member Kari Sholtes – appointed to replace Paul Pitton, who retired this year – were neither informed nor consulted before being asked to vote during the December 14 school board meeting to hire Colorado Springs law firm Miller Farmer to represent the school district.“
- Emails between D-51 Board Member Andrea Haitz and Brad Miller of Miller Farmer Law encourage Haitz to avoid RFP process | Anne Landman Blog
- “Almost soon as she was sworn in, Haitz started pushing to hire the Miller Farmer law firm to handle all of District 51’s legal work, which would mean firing the District’s current in-house attorney, John Williams, who currently handles most of the District’s legal work. Using Williams has provided tremendous savings to the District over using an outside law firm.“
- New conservative school board members violate CO Open Meetings Law, make decisions in secret | Anne Landman Blog
- Their move even involved the same attorney — Brad Miller of Colorado Springs — who they happened to meet at a Colorado Association of School Boards (CASB) conference, just like the new D-51 Board members did. The CASB conference the new D-51 Board members attended was at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs on December 2-4.
2022
- RE-1 staff pickets school board meeting | World Journal
- “More than a dozen picketers, at least half of whom were staff members of the Huerfano RE-1 School District, demonstrated in front of Washington School Monday afternoon, in advance of the scheduled 5:30 p.m. school board meeting.“
- A tumultuous meeting at Huerfano RE-1 | World Journal
- Board members voted unanimously to accept a letter of termination tendered by controversial attorney Brad Miller of Miller Farmer Law, following a discussion in which board president Debi Sporleder said Miller had been treated unfairly.
- Judge orders Woodland Park school board to comply with Colorado’s open meetings law by listing agenda items ‘clearly, honestly and forthrightly’ | CFOIC
- “Superintendent Mathew Neal and board member Chris Austin also testified they had concerns about the vague agenda item, which Neal said had been drafted by board attorney Brad Miller.“
- PCSO Chief Lucero Addresses D70 School Board Meeting
- Pueblo D70 legal counsel Brad Miller recommended approval of the Pueblo Classical Academy charter school contract. The motion passed with board members John Christenson and Chris DeLuca voting against the inclusion.
- School District 51 board members move forward to hire new outside legal firm | Western Slope Now
- “Emails between D51 School Board members and the Miller Farmer Law Firm started back in early December. Conversations included drafting a new contract in order to represent the school board.”
- DAVIS: Familiar Faces Bring Education Crusade to Southwest Colorado | CTR
- “It started in early 2022, during a change in district administration. The past superintendent, Risha VanderWey, had departed, and the Montezuma-Cortez school board was interviewing candidates to replace her. Around the same time as the vacancy, in a January meeting, board president Sherri Noyes mentioned meeting attorney Brad Miller at a retreat, and encouraged her fellow board members to request a letter of engagement from his firm. By the next month, the district had hired Miller, but it still had not hired a superintendent.”
- Threatening Letters And Transphobia at D49 Board Meeting | CTR
- Graham addressed a question to D49’s legal counsel, Brad Miller. “What is it that we can do if these words are coming from either an employee of the district or someone associated with the district in another way, possibly a board member?”
2023
- Political and religious influences amplify in some Colorado school board races, as focus shifts away from students | CPR
- “One common factor in many of the school districts that have latched onto national culture issues is attorney Brad Miller, who advises them. In a recording of Miller at a Freedom Foundation-sponsored event in Denver obtained by the Colorado Times Recorder, the attorney described his ties to national conservative groups. He outlined his strategy for when conservative boards take control and explained the advantages to operating in Colorado, where local boards have tremendous power with little oversight.“
- Gag orders on teachers, cutting mental health support, operating in the dark — what’s happening in Woodland Park | CPR News
- “Brad Miller, the same Colorado Springs attorney who was hired by the Jeffco board, is now advising Witt, the Woodland Park board, and a number of other school boards in Colorado.“
- DAVIS: The Specialists: A Woodland Park Investigation | CTR
- “But by understanding their history, their tactics, and their deep ties to a nationwide movement, we can begin to see how Woodland Park ended up at the center of a maelstrom. Through Ken Witt and Brad Miller, we can work outwards to the bigger picture, to the men and women behind the curtain.“
- DAVIS: Secret Audio Recording Reveals Inner-Workings of Woodland Park Takeover | CTR
- The other thing we ask is no recording,” the Freedom Foundation moderator can be heard saying on the recording I recently obtained. The recording, which was provided by a source who wishes to remain anonymous, is of a panel discussion at a recent conference and prominently features Brad Miller, the controversial attorney for the Woodland Park school board. “If you guys want these guys to be frank, to be open with you guys, they don’t want to be on YouTube. I don’t want to be on YouTube. So if we can, just make sure that there is no recording.”
- ACLU sues Colorado school district after former employee was forced to leave, banned over “harmless” comment | The Colorado Sun
- “The next day, Ruths, who was born and raised in Woodland Park, graduated high school from the district and still lives in the town in Teller County, received a letter from the school district attorney, Brad Miller, commanding him to stay away from district property and events for more than a year. Any violation could result in criminal prosecution, according to the statement.“
- Colorado Republicans urge continued fight against ‘woke agenda’ in education | CN
- “State Rep. Don Wilson, a Monument Republican, was joined by Monument Academy school board president Ryan Graham and Brad Miller, an attorney for several conservative-leaning school districts and charter schools across the state, at a Nov. 30 luncheon in Englewood organized by the Colorado Republican Party.“
- Liberal Arts: How Colorado’s Conservative Leadership Program Influences Education | CTR
- Brad Miller, a lawyer with the Miller Farmer Carlson law firm and a 2010 LPR graduate, has served as legal counsel for a number of school districts looking to expand their charter schools and charter schools, like Pueblo’s Chavéz Huerta Preparatory Academy. In a Nov. 1, 2022 email sent to Colorado Springs’ District 49 board member Ivy Liu, Miller described himself as “someone committed to educational choice and parental authority in public education.” Miller has represented a number of school districts involved in contentious public situations, such as the Woodland Park School District’s fight to approve Merit Academy, and Colorado Springs District 49’s disputes with censured board member Liu.
- Garfield Re-2 explores loophole to still implement American Birthright social studies standard | Post Independent
- Further communications show that May reached out to other selective school districts in Colorado about social studies curriculum adoption. During these communications, Brad Miller, an attorney who has worked closely with Woodland Park’s adoption of ABS, was recommended to help in this process.
- Further communications show that May reached out to other selective school districts in Colorado about social studies curriculum adoption. During these communications, Brad Miller, an attorney who has worked closely with Woodland Park’s adoption of ABS, was recommended to help in this process.
2024
- Update: Cortez Police respond to school board lawyer’s statement about Burris case | Durango Herald
- “Attorney Brad Miller gives update on allegations, On Tuesday, the Montezuma-Cortez RE-1 school district held a special meeting where the allegations against Superintendent Tom Burris were addressed, as well as discussions on the mill levy.”
- “Attorney Brad Miller gives update on allegations, On Tuesday, the Montezuma-Cortez RE-1 school district held a special meeting where the allegations against Superintendent Tom Burris were addressed, as well as discussions on the mill levy.”
- After Woodland Park and Elizabeth, Brad Miller seeks to conquer Montrose next | Support Woodland Park Schools
- “After seizing control in Woodland Park and also Elizabeth, Brad Miller has set his sights on the western slope community of Montrose, Colorado, as his next target, it seems. He already represents the sole charter school there (Vista), and now a new charter is in the application process, Montrose Classical Academy. A quick peak at their articles of incorporation lists Joshua Miller as the attorney (and the same address as Miller Farmer Law, where he’s an associate attorney).“
- Colorado middle school refers to slavery as ‘involuntary immigration’ during Black History Month | Medium
- No resolution found as school’s attorney shuts down conversation around softening of historical terms | Medium
- Brad Miller, attorney for Orton Academy, won’t allow parents to meet with school administration to discuss their use of the phrase “involuntary immigration” as a replacement for “slavery”
- Conservative Christian Group’s Crusade Against Pueblo | CTR
- Aaron Wilson, the D70 Board of Education vice president, helped Forging Pueblo organize Saturday’s Jericho Walk. “He was part of the original conversation of having a prayer event at all the different schools,” said Friberg. Wilson and other members of the majority-conservative board were elected in 2021. One of their first actions as a board was to hire conservative education attorney Brad Miller.
2025
- ACLU Takes Action Against School District’s Book Ban | CTR
- While the ACLU won this battle, many more challenges lie ahead in confronting the far-right ideology being pushed in the district. Conservative attorney Brad Miller from Miller Farmer Law represents the Elizabeth School District and has proven to be a controversial combination when working in conjunction with Snowberger.
- DAVIS: Familiar Faces Bring Education Crusade to Southwest Colorado | CTR
- It started in early 2022, during a change in district administration. The past superintendent, Risha VanderWey, had departed, and the Montezuma-Cortez school board was interviewing candidates to replace her. Around the same time as the vacancy, in a January meeting, board president Sherri Noyes mentioned meeting attorney Brad Miller at a retreat, and encouraged her fellow board members to request a letter of engagement from his firm. By the next month, the district had hired Miller, but it still had not hired a superintendent.
- Invisible Hand: The Man Behind Colorado Schools’ Efforts to Ban Trans Athletes | CTR
- “Last week, dozens of Colorado school board members and administrators issued an open letter to the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA), making what they called “an urgent and resolute demand” that the organization “immediately adopt rules” to ban trans-identifying teens from participating in high school athletics in Colorado.“
- Christian law firm’s search for test case led to religious public school in Colorado, emails suggest | CPR
- “In the June 4 email, Pueblo County School District 70 attorney Brad Miller wrote to the district’s school board and superintendent seeking permission for a public education cooperative he also represents to open a school with about 30 students within district boundaries.“
- More Challenges To Church-State Wall Coming To Schools | Forbes
- “Miller further explained that ADF had hosted him for oral arguments before the Supreme Court in the St. Isidore case. When that case ended in a tie, Miller wrote, “ADF asked me if I could find a way for a parallel case to be initiated out of Colorado.”
- New DougCo school board is off to a bad start | Jimmy Sengenberger | Gazette
- Attorney Brad Miller, who works with school boards across the state that support school choice and parental rights, didn’t buy it. “They planned this. They clearly worked together on this,” he said. “It’s just a super-aggressive move.”
- Pueblo District 70 board member resigns in wake of ‘public Christian school’ controversy | Chalkbeat
- In November, Chalkbeat obtained an email suggesting that Riverstone was created to spur a lawsuit over the question of whether public money can be used for religious schools. The U.S. Supreme Court deadlocked on the issue in April.
- The email came from Brad Miller, a lawyer who represents District 70 and ERBOCES. When he sent it on June 4, Ochs quickly responded saying the Pueblo 70 board would discuss putting the issue on the agenda, according to emails obtained by Chalkbeat.
Attorney Brad Miller at Teacher Freedom Summit, “Now’s the time to stand. Colorado attorney Brad Miller said it best. This is a turning point. We need educators and school board members of faith and conviction to step up and speak out. It’s going to take courage, humility, and principle to protect our students and do what’s right for our communities.”
2026
Jan. 2026
- A southern Colorado school district could soon drop the law firm whose controversial lead lawyer helped launch what backers have called Colorado’s “first public Christian school.” | Pueblo Star Journal
- Last summer, Miller sought to launch Riverstone Academy in order to spark a lawsuit on the question of public funding for religious schools, according to emails obtained by Chalkbeat. Colorado’s constitution bars public religious schools.
- Colorado school district may drop attorney who helped create state’s ‘first public Christian school’ | Chalkbeat
- “The Pueblo 70 school board will vote Tuesday on whether to issue a request for proposals for attorney services — a first step that could lead the district to replace attorney Brad Miller and his Colorado Springs-based firm, Miller Farmer Carlson Law.“
- Building for Colorado’s “first public Christian school” ordered to close over safety concerns | The Colorado Sun
- Pueblo County officials sent a formal letter ordering the school to close its building at 1950 Aspen Circle, citing health, fire, and zoning violations.
- Pueblo County officials sent a formal letter ordering the school to close its building at 1950 Aspen Circle, citing health, fire, and zoning violations.
- DAVIS: A Strategic Evolution in the Fight for Colorado Schools | CTR
- According to the document I was sent, which was signed by D20 board president Amy Shandy and district superintendent Jinger Haberer on January 20, Miller’s firm took over representation of the district beginning on February 1, 2026. The letter of engagement provides for up to 80 hours per month of legal work at a rate of $18,000 per month (or otherwise billed hourly if a month comes in substantially below 80 hours).
D70 School Board Discussion about Attorney Brad Miller begins around 39 min., 20 seconds
Feb. 2026
- ‘Hysteria’ hits Montrose, or Who is Brad Miller?; MCSD school board searches for new legal representation, conservative attorney known for finding the legal edges in the running | Montrose Press
- Currently, Miller is engaged in Pueblo, where the Pueblo 70 district finds itself a test case for launching what’s become known as the “first public Christian school.” Emails obtained by Chalkbeat Colorado have shown that Miller sought to launch Riverstone Academy in that district specifically in order to spark a lawsuit on the question of public funding for religious schools.
- MCSD school board president says Brad Miller has been ‘unfairly castigated,’ and describes controversial attorney as ‘capable and competent’ of representing district; Board discusses search for new legal representation Feb. 10 | Montrose Press
- Miller’s law firm is one of several the school board will be considering in a meeting Tuesday night; school board Vice President Ted Valerio requested that Miller’s firm be solicited for a proposal. The board is in the process of selecting a new firm to represent the school district.
- Montrose County School District to consider hiring controversial Miller Farmer law firm | Anne Landman Blog
- While Brad Miller denies being a charter school crusader, he uses his Twitter feed to advocate for charter schools and oppose institutional funding of public schools. His own kids attended charter schools, private schools and were homeschooled. They did not attend public school.
- While Brad Miller denies being a charter school crusader, he uses his Twitter feed to advocate for charter schools and oppose institutional funding of public schools. His own kids attended charter schools, private schools and were homeschooled. They did not attend public school.
- Is this déjà vu all over again? MCSD board leadership risks losing the public’s trust | Montrose Press
- We know that Balleck and Valerio are champing at the bit to replace the school district’s current law firm Semple, Farrington, Everall & Case with the firm of Miller, Farmer and Carlson. Attorney Brad Miller is the lightning rod that has many crying for a foul. Miller has a history of using school districts to push his populist agendas, including the case against CHSAA concerning transgender males participating in female sports, the Pueblo school district public Christian charter school, amongst others.
- School board seeks new general legal counsel | ksjd
- In a move that signals a change in direction, the Montezuma-Cortez School District has put out a request for proposals for new legal counsel. The district has for four years largely relied on Brad Miller of Miller Farmer Carlson Law, which is based in Colorado Springs. Miller is a controversial attorney known for supporting right-wing education agendas. Later in the meeting, however, the board moved ahead with directing Superintendent Eddie Ramirez to issue the RFP for new general counsel
- DAVIS: A Strategic Evolution in the Fight for Colorado Schools | CTR
- According to the document I was sent, which was signed by Academy D20 board president Amy Shandy and district superintendent Jinger Haberer on January 20, Miller’s firm took over representation of the district beginning on February 1, 2026. The letter of engagement provides for up to 80 hours per month of legal work at a rate of $18,000 per month (or otherwise billed hourly if a month comes in substantially below 80 hours).
- Colorado’s ‘first public Christian school’ closes building to address officials’ safety concerns | Chalkbeat
- Leaders of Riverstone Academy, which backers have called “Colorado’s first public Christian school,” agreed on Friday to close the school’s building in Pueblo County “effective immediately.”
- Colorado’s ‘first public Christian school’ sues state over ban on religious public schools
- Riverstone and ERBOCES filed a federal lawsuit against 10 state education officials, alleging religious discrimination and challenging Colorado’s “Blaine Amendment“. The First Liberty Institute and the law firms Miller Farmer Carlson, First & Fourteenth PLLC, and Dechert LLP filed a federal lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado on behalf of Education ReEnvisioned and Riverstone Academy, asking the court to declare that the state’s ban on funding for religious education violates the First Amendment.
- In a win for controversial ‘public Christian school,’ Pueblo County officials greenlight original site | Chalkbeat
- Where’s Riverstone? New site of ‘public Christian school’ unclear as old location draws scrutiny | Chalkbeat
March 2026
- This Education Co-Op Quietly Opened a Christian Public School. Does Colorado Need More Guardrails? | Westword
- The Education reEnvisioned BOCES (ERBOCES) board unanimously approved Riverstone’s contract.
- Criminal complaint filed against attorney Brad Miller of Miller Farmer Law | Anne Landman Blog
- Pueblo County School District 70 parent Chris Sutton filed a formal criminal complaint (pdf) with the Colorado state Attorney General’s Office February 22, 2026, against attorney Brad Miller of Miller Farmer Law firm for public corruption and bribery.
- Sutton is asking the CO AG to conduct a full criminal investigation into an alleged “pay-to-play” bribery scheme carried out by Education Re-envisioned Board of Cooperative Educational Services (ERBOCES), ERBOCES’s legal counsel, Brad Miller and Pueblo County School District 70 Board of Education Director Anne Ochs, who abruptly resigned from the D-70 School Board in the wake of a public Christian School controversy instigated by Miller with the intent of spurring a legal test case against the school.
- Montrose school board votes to hire controversial law firm | The Daily Sentinel
- The decision to seek a change in legal counsel for the school district was kickstarted back in December, with an email Balleck sent to Montrose County School District Superintendent Dr. Carrie Stephenson. It was at that time that Valerio threw the Miller Farmer Carlson Law firm onto the table.
- Montrose school board votes 5-2 to hire controversial attorney Brad Miller’s law firm; ‘The people who voted for you support you, they pray for you, and they trust your judgment,’ board members are assured | Montrose Press
- It wasn’t until January that Miller’s name bubbled to the surface of community consciousness in Montrose, when it became clear the school board was interested in the attorney’s firm. Since that time, the prospect has ignited a burst of public blowback, with one school board meeting in February attracting an estimated 200 people.
- CO Springs Public School Teaching Creationism | CTR
- James Irwin has ties to conservative education lawyer Brad Miller, who has provided trainings and briefings for board members at James Irwin Charter Schools and serves an officer of the nonprofit backing the school, the James Irwin Educational Foundation. Last year, James Irwin was a signatory of the open letter to the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA), making what they called “an urgent and resolute demand” that the organization “immediately adopt rules” to ban trans-identifying teens from participating in high school athletics in Colorado, and a plaintiff in the subsequent lawsuit.
- Authorizer of Colorado’s ‘first public Christian school’ settles with family for $20,000 | Chalkbeat
- ERBOCES agreed to pay a $20,000 settlement to a family following a special education complaint.
- Pueblo’s public Christian school’ wins approval for special-use permit | The Pueblo Chieftain
- In a 2-1 vote, Pueblo County Commissioners approved a special-use permit, allowing the school to move back into its original building, provided it completes necessary safety improvements.
- School board members discuss proposal for additional school board attorney; Burke questions intention to hire controversial lawyer | Delta County Independent
- Burke expressed concerns that the proposal was intended to bring in Brad Miller, a controversial Colorado Springs education attorney known for conservative policy activism with school boards.
- Miller’s firm, Miller Farmer Carlson Law, has reportedly gained a reputation in Colorado for getting its represented school boards involved in legal cases regarding culturally and politically conservative topics, such as book bans or the rights of transgender students, according to several news sources.
April 2026
- Re-1 school board chooses new law firm, cutting ties with Brad Miller | KSJD
- The Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 school district is cutting ties with a highly controversial attorney who has worked for the district for the past four years.
- In February, a District Court judge in Teller County ordered some $149,000 in attorney’s fees and court costs to be paid to a parent who sued the Woodland Park school board for violating state open meetings law, according to reporting by the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition. The board’s attorney is another member of the Miller Farmer Carlson Law firm.
- Montrose school board votes 5-2 to hire controversial attorney Brad Miller’s law firm; ‘The people who voted for you support you, they pray for you, and they trust your judgment,’ board members are assured | Montrose Press
- Following the phone call with attorney Bryce Carlson — who seemed mostly oblivious to the controversies engulfing his firm — Montrose’s school board plodded along to the inevitable, voting 5-2 to hire Miller Farmer Carlson Law to represent the district.
May 2026
- Pueblo D70 parts ways with controversial attorney Brad Miller | The Pueblo Chieftain
- Despite the administration’s decision to change its legal counsel for operations, Miller’s firm, Miller Farmer Carlson Law, remains the board attorney responsible for governance and policy matters. Professional services sought from Caplan and Earnest include those related to “truancy, and employee and student issues.“
- Inside the Debate Over Brad Miller and Conservative Education Policy in Western Colorado | KVNF
- In March, KVNF reported that the Montrose County School District Board of Education voted to hire a controversial law firm. That firm, Miller Farmer Carlson Law, has raised some eyebrows among community members due to its founder, Brad Miller. Critics claim that Miller exerts a right-wing agenda on the school districts he represents, while his supporters say that he provides seasoned counsel that helps conservative boards find balance in a blue state.
- Delta School Board’s Beth Suppes and Dan Burke share their perspective on Brad Miller | KVNF
- We turned to the Delta County School Board, and were able to speak with two members who hold opposing views of Miller and his work. Board President Beth Suppes refers to herself as a “Miller fan,” while member Dan Burke is wary of what he calls Millers’ “checkered past.”
- Suppes told us that Miller provides support for conservative school boards that find themselves at odds with the state legislature’s liberal majority.
- Controversial Pueblo D70 board attorney cuts ties with school board | Pueblo Chieftain