HARRISBURG (May 3, 2012) -Shelly R. Pagac of Canonsburg, a partner in Pittsburgh's Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti LLP, will begin a three-year term on the Pennsylvania Bar Association Board of Governors at the close of the organization's annual meeting May 11 in Lancaster.

One of 12 zone governors who serve on the PBA board, Pagac will represent Allegheny County lawyers.

Pagac is a member of the PBA House of Delegates and serves on the PBA Presidential Strategic Planning Committee. She is a member of the PBA Labor and Employment Law Section. She is a past member of the PBA Alternative Dispute Resolution and Planning committees. She served as co-chair of the PBA Annual Meeting in 2006. She is a fellow of the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation.

She is a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association and served on its board of governors in 2006 - 2011. She received the prestigious Philip Werner Amram Award from the ACBA in 2011. Pagac is a fellow of the Allegheny County Bar Foundation and a member of the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County. She is a past co-president of the Women's Bar Association.

She is on the board of directors of Pittsburgh Action Against Rape and serves as its treasurer.

Pagac received her Bachelor of Arts degree from The Pennsylvania State University and her Juris Doctor degree from The Catholic University of America 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 28,000 lawyers who are members of the association.