HARRISBURG (April 13, 2005) -- Daniel Joseph, a partner in the New Kensington law firm of George & Joseph, will begin his second one-year term as secretary of the Pennsylvania Bar Association at the close of the organization�s Annual Meeting May 4 � 6 in Pittsburgh.

A member of the PBA House of Delegates, Joseph served on the PBA Board of Governors from 2000 until 2003. He is a member of the PBA Workers� Compensation, Criminal Law, Civil Litigation and Solo and Small Firm Practice sections. He also served on the PBA Legislative and Government Affairs and Judicial Independence committees. He sits on the board of directors of the PABAR-PAC.

Joseph is a past president of the Westmoreland Bar Association and is chair of the WBA�s Planning Committee and a past chair of its Criminal Law Committee. He served on the WBA�s Executive Board from 1993 until 1995.

He is a member of the American Bar Association and serves on the executive committee of the American Inns of Court in Westmoreland County. He also is a member of the Westmoreland Academy of Trial Lawyers, the Western Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association and the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association.

Joseph served as chairman and as a member of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Disciplinary Hearing Committee 4.13. He sits on the board of directors of the Community Foundation of Westmoreland County and is a past member of the board of directors of Laurel Legal Services.

Joseph is a graduate of Mount Union College and Duquesne University School of Law.

Editor�s Note: A photo of Daniel Joseph is available to download on the PBA Web site Here.