HARRISBURG (May 3, 2010) - Hope Guy, a staff attorney and child advocate with Pittsburgh's KidsVoice, will become chair-elect of the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Young Lawyers Division (YLD) at the conclusion of the association's annual meeting May 14 in Hershey.

Guy has served two terms as secretary of the PBA YLD and three terms as the PBA YLD representative to the PBA Conference of County Bar Leaders (CCBL) Executive Committee. She is the PBA Zone 12 co-chair representative on the PBA YLD Executive Committee and a co-coordinator of the PBA Statewide Mock Trial Competition in Allegheny County. Guy is a Zone 12 delegate to the PBA House of Delegates and is a member of the PBA Children's Rights Committee and the PBA Women in the Profession Committee.

She also is a member of the American Bar Association YLD and is an elected member of the Allegheny County Bar Association YLD Executive Council. She is a former secretary of the Clinton County Bar Association and served as a board member of the Clinton County Children & Youth Services/Big Brothers Big Sisters Advisory Board.

She was a 2009 recipient of the William B. Billock Loan Repayment Assistance Program Award for Public Interest Attorneys and was honored with a pro bono volunteer award by North Penn Legal Services in Lycoming and Clinton counties in 2005. She is a volunteer with the Salvation Army's Treasures for Children annual campaign and serves as a mentor with Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.

Guy is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh 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.