HARRISBURG (May 3, 2010) - Matthew J. Creme Jr., a partner in the Lancaster County law firm of Nikolaus & Hohenadel L.L.P., will become president-elect of the Pennsylvania Bar Association at the conclusion of the organization's Annual Meeting May 14 in Hershey. Creme will become president of the 29,000-member state legal professional association in 2011.

Creme served on the PBA Board of Governors as Treasurer from 2005 until 2007 and as Zone Three Governor from 2000 until 2003 representing Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and York county lawyers. He is a member of the PBA House of Delegates, the Lancaster Bar Association, the Berks County Bar Association and the American Bar Association. Creme served as president of the Lancaster Bar Association in 2004 and is a past chair of the Lancaster Bar Association's Long Range Planning Committee.

Creme is a past board chair of the American Red Cross of the Susquehanna Valley and the Lancaster County Multiple Sclerosis Society. Creme also is a past board chair of Lancaster Catholic High School and currently serves as chair of its Advancement Committee. He also has served as a member of the Northeast Service Area Resource Council of the American Red Cross. He is a former chair of the Dickinson College Alumni Council.

Creme is a graduate of Dickinson College and the Georgetown University Law Center.

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.