Mary E. Schellhammer, a sole practitioner in Somerset is one of 12 zone governors serving on the Pennsylvania Bar Association Board of Governors. She represents lawyers from Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Huntingdon, Indiana and Somerset counties. Her term will expire in 2010.

Involved in state and local bar association activities, Schellhammer is a member of the PBA House of Delegates and the PBA Family Law Section Council. She is a member and secretary/treasurer of the Somerset County Bar Association. She also is a member of the Cambria County Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Council of Mediators.

Schellhammer is active in her community, serving as a member of the Somerset Garden Club and as a volunteer with the Somerset County Historical Society's Mountain Craft Days.

Schellhammer received her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Science degrees from Duquesne University and her juris doctorate degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.