HARRISBURG (April 24, 2015) - The Pennsylvania Bar Association Young Lawyers Division will present its Michael K. Smith Excellence in Service Award to Kimberly Moraski of Scranton during the state association's Annual Meeting Awards Luncheon, May 6, at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel, Philadelphia.

The award is named in memory of a young Philadelphia lawyer committed to providing legal services for low-income people and to offering law-related educational programs to students. The award is presented to a Pennsylvania young lawyer who, through his or her exemplary personal and professional conduct, reminds lawyers of their professional and community responsibilities.

Moraski is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. She serves on the board of the Lackawanna Bar Association Young Lawyers Division and assists with a number of the division's projects and programs, including the high school mock trial competition. Moraski also serves on the boards of the Pennsylvania Defense Institute's Northeast Young Lawyers Committee and Lackawanna Pro Bono Inc., which provides free or reduced legal services to indigent citizens.

Moraski authored "C.S. v. Department of Public Welfare: A Concurrent Collision of Appellate Review in Two Separate Forums," published in the Widener Law Journal.

She is an associate of the Chartwell Law Offices. She began her legal career with Munley and Associates, Scranton, and later joined the Lackawanna County Public Defender's Office.

Moraski is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Dickinson College, Carlisle, and magna cum laude graduate of the Widener University School of Law, Harrisburg.

Founded in 1895, the Pennsylvania Bar Association strives to promote justice, professional excellence and respect for the law; improve public understanding of the legal system; facilitate access to legal services; and serve the 27,000 lawyers who are members of the association.