About the Firm
Miller Scott & Holbrook is a full-service law firm with experience in all major fields of law. The lawyers in the firm are members of the Rhode Island Bar, regularly participate in professional continuing education programs, and appear before all state and federal courts in Rhode Island.
In addition to privately practicing law, our lawyers have served as solicitors of cities and towns in Rhode Island, probate court judge, and teachers in law programs from continuing legal education to university level. They also have deep roots in the community and are active in local charitable, cultural and religious organizations.
Located in downtown Newport - one block from the Newport County Courthouse - Miller Scott & Holbrook is well positioned to serve all of Newport County. In addition, we have clients, both individuals and businesses, from other communities in Rhode Island and from nearby states.
We supplement traditional methods of legal research using law books and journals with the latest online research tools.
Who We Are
Michael W. Miller concentrates his practice
in real estate, representing lenders, sellers |
Turner C. Scott,
Assistant Solicitor for the Town of Middletown and a former Solicitor for the
|
Francis S. Holbrook II, a litigator
whose practice encompasses personal injury and workers' |
Roland
F. Chase, "of counsel" to Miller Scott & Holbrook,
advises |
and borrowers in
commercial and residential transactions. A graduate of the University
of Rhode Island and Fordham University School of Law, Mr. Miller
is a member of the Rhode Island Mortgage Bankers Association,
the Advisory Council of the Chicago Title Insurance Company,
and an affiliate member of the Newport County Board of Realtors.
He has served as Solicitor for the Town of Middletown for most of the past two decades. He also has substantial experience in administration of estates. He represents a number of businesses and practices
administrative law before state and local boards, state appointed
mediators, and the American Arbitration Association. 
City of Newport, has extensive experience in municipal law, including zoning, property
taxation, CRMC and DEM regulation, and other administrative matters, as well as eminent
domain, adverse possession, boundary disputes, and other property law issues. Mr. Scott
is a distinguished military graduate of the Virginia Military
Institute, served in the U.S. Army, and retired from the Rhode
Island National Guard with the rank of Colonel. Mr. Scott also
engages in general civil practice, including litigation, condominium
law, environmental law, real estate transactions, and wills. 
compensation
cases, criminal law, and divorce, is admitted to practice before
all state and federal courts in Rhode Island and Connecticut.
In addition to his private practice, he serves as Assistant Town
Solicitor for Police Prosecution in Middletown, RI. A graduate
of the University of Rhode Island and the Western New England
College School of Law, Mr. Holbrook is a member of the Rhode
Island and Newport County Bar Associations, the American Association
for 
and assists the firm primarily in zoning and land use
law and appellate practice. Mr. Chase also supervises the firm's
law library, acts as webmaster for the firm's website and intranet,
and does much of the legal research on major cases. Mr. Chase
is a graduate of Wheaton College (Illinois) and the University
of California (Berkeley) Law School. He is retired
as Professor Emeritus in the School of Justice Studies at Roger
Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island, and is the author
of the