HARRISBURG (May 2000) -- Timothy J. Carson, a partner in the Philadelphia law firm of Saul, Ewing, Remick & Saul LLP, was elected vice president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association during the organization�s Annual Meeting held this month in Hershey. He will become president of the association in the year 2002.

A member of the PBA House of Delegates, Carson is a past PBA Zone 1 governor and PBA Young Lawyers Division chair. He is a life fellow of the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania bar foundations and is a past president of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation. Carson also is a past member of the Philadelphia Bar Association Board of Governors and is a founding member of the Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyers. In addition, he is a fellow of the American College of Bond Counsel.

Appointed by Gov. Tom Ridge in 1996, Carson serves as a commissioner for the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. In addition, Carson is a past legal counsel and executive committee member of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation.

He is a graduate of the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce of the University of Pennsylvania and the Villanova University School of Law.