Compassionate Counsel
Biography
Kathleen J. Boyer graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law and was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1985. She was a law clerk for the Honorable Elizabeth Ehrlich, Berks County Court of Common Pleas, and then worked as a public defender in Chester County for 34 years. She is also admitted to the bar of the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the United States Supreme Court.
She started her own law practice in 2021. She earned her B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from West Chester State College (now University) in 1982. Kathleen grew up in Spring Township and attended Wilson High School.
She serves on the Board of Directors of Student Services Inc., at West Chester University. She is a volunteer with the Chester County Medical Reserve Corps and Gateway Horseworks.
Member of the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Pennsylvania Bar Association and Chester County Bar Association.
Longtime public defender in Chester County trades in county office for solo practice
– In days gone by, one might walk down the streets of West Chester and see signs hanging above storefronts proclaiming the offices of an “Attorney and Counselor-At-Law.”
That is one way that Kathleen J. Boyer sees her professional services: Not just as someone who knows the law, but someone who can assist clients in other, more personal, ways.
“You aren’t always there just to fight the (prosecution) over some criminal charge,” said the long-time defense attorney, who recently set up her own solo practice after more than three decades in the Chester County Public Defender’s Office. “Often, people have other problems that they need help with.
“You have to be a practical problem solver,” Boyer said, using skills and experience to untangle personal lives that might include addiction, domestic situations, mental health issues and the webs those afflictions weave.
In today’s legal climate, she said, “you counsel people as well as give them legal advice.” Just like in the olden days, she smiled.
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Traffic offenses
All criminal cases including: DUI, Juvenile offenses, Drug offenses, and other Felony and Misdemeanor charges
General litigation including contract disputes and personal injury cases
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