HARRISBURG (May 1999) -- Jacqueline Vigilanti, a sole practitioner in Philadelphia, was recently elected chair-elect of the 11,000 member Pennsylvania Bar Association Young Lawyers Division (PBA/YLD), which works to promote public service and professional growth among young lawyers in the commonwealth. She will become chair of the division in the year 2000.

An active member of the young lawyers division in the local, state and American bar associations, Vigilanti has served as secretary of the PBA/YLD and vice chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association YLD. She also was a member of the American Bar Association YLD executive council. Vigilanti currently is a board member of the Legal Clinic for the Disabled in Philadelphia.

Vigilanti is a graduate of Cabrini College and Temple University School of Law.

The Pennsylvania Bar Association is a professional organization that represents the interests of 26,000 lawyers across the commonwealth.