HARRISBURG (June 8, 2007) - Samuel S. Yun, deputy chief counsel for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement System, will begin a three-year term on the Pennsylvania Bar Association Board of Governors at the close of the organization's Annual Meeting, June 22, in Philadelphia. Yun will represent Pennsylvania minority lawyers on the board.

Involved in state and local bar association activities, Yun is the immediate past chair of the PBA Minority Bar Committee and is a member of the PBA Business Law Section and the Government Lawyers Committee. He is the secretary and immediate past treasurer of the Government Lawyers Committee of the Dauphin County Bar Association. Yun also is a member of the Interbranch Commission for Gender, Racial and Ethnic Fairness.

Active in his community, Yun was a member of the Pastor-Parish Relations Committee of the Grace United Methodist Church of Hummelstown, where he also serves as a Senior High Sunday School teacher.

Yun is a graduate of Sonoma State University and the Duquesne University School of Law.

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 29,000 lawyers who are members of the association.

Editor's note: A photo of Samuel S. Yun is available to download from the PBA Web site at: http://www.pabar.org/public/news%20releases/0708newofficersphotos.asp.