Jeff Stover was born in Indiana, Pennsylvania, on February 11, 1957. He graduated from the Pennsylvania State University in 1979 with a degree in accounting, followed by graduation from the Dickinson School of Law in 1982 and admission to the Bar of Pennsylvania in the same year. Jeff is also admitted to the Bar of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and to the Supreme Court of the United States.
As professional affiliations, Jeff is a member of the Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations, the American Trial Lawyers Association, and the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. In addition, he is a member and past president of the Centre County Bar Association and is a past President of the Wilkinson-Campbell Chapter of American Inns of Court.
As part of his municipal practice, he serves as solicitor to the zoning hearing boards of State College Borough, Milesburg Borough, Millheim Borough, Patton Township, Gregg Township, Ferguson Township, Benner Township, Walker Township, College Township, Potter Township and Haines Township. He also serves as the municipal solicitor for the Bellefonte Borough, Alexandria Borough, Unionville Borough, Milesburg Borough Water Authority, College Township Industrial Development Authority, Union Township and Armagh Township (Mifflin County). For 1987-1988, he was recognized as the State College Area Jaycees Outstanding Young Lawyer.
Jeff is also active in the local community. He currently serves on the Board of Centre Care, Inc. He previously served on the board of directors of the Centre Communities Chapter of the American Red Cross, the American Cancer Society, and the State College High School Wrestling Boosters Club. He has received Volunteer of the Year from several organizations: from the Cancer Society in 1989, from the Centre County Breast Cancer Coalition in 1999, and from the American Red Cross in 2002, and he was presented the Richard H. Baker Leadership Award by the American Red Cross in 2003. He served as President of the State College Rotary Club in 1993-94. In 1998 he received the Paul Harris Fellowship Award. In 2017 he received the John R. Miller, Jr. Civility Award, given annually by the Centre County Court of Common Pleas.
Jeff and his wife, Fariba, live in Ferguson Township. They have two grown sons, Alexander and Adam.