HARRISBURG (May 3, 2010) - Lisa M. B. Woodburn of the Harrisburg law firm of Angino & Rovner will become chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Young Lawyers Division (YLD) at the conclusion of the association's annual meeting May 14 in Hershey.

Woodburn serves on the executive council of the PBA YLD as chair-elect and is the past YLD delegate to the PBA House of Delegates. She also serves as co-vice chair of the PBA Commission on Women in the Profession and as chair of the PBA Medical and Health-Related Interdisciplinary Committee. She is a member of the PBA Civil Litigation Section Council, the PBA Constitutional Review Commission, the PBA Health Care Law Committee, the PBA Workers' Compensation Section and serves as Board of Governors liaison to the PBA Editorial Committee.

Woodburn is active in the Dauphin County Bar Association (DCBA), where she has served on the board of directors and on various committees. She also is active in the DCBA Young Lawyers Section. A member of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice, Woodburn currently serves on its board of directors. She also has served as chair of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice's New Lawyers Section from 2007-2009. In 2007, she was named to the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and was designated as a Pennsylvania "Rising Star" attorney in the field of Plaintiff's Medical Malpractice. She also has been named to the Best Lawyers in America since 2008 for her work in the field of Workers' Compensation.

Woodburn is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and the Dickinson 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.