HARRISBURG (May 20, 2004) � Francis X. O�Connor, a sole practitioner in Great Bend, was elected to the Pennsylvania Bar Association Board of Governors during the organization�s annual meeting held May 13-15 in Hershey.

One of 12 zone governors who serve on the PBA Board, O�Connor will represent lawyers from Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming counties. His term will expire in 2007.

Involved in bar association activities, O�Connor is a member of the PBA Membership Committee, is the secretary/treasurer of the Susquehanna County Bar Association and is a past president of the Conference of County Bar Leaders. He also serves on the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

O�Connor is active in the community and serves as solicitor for and as a life member of the Great Bend Fire Company. He also is an assistant scout master for Troop 89 of the Boy Scouts of America, the chair of the Finance Committee of the St. Lawrence Roman Catholic Church and a fourth degree with the Knights of Columbus.

O�Connor is a graduate of the University of Scranton and the St. Louis University Law School. He and his wife, Sharon, have three children.