HARRISBURG (July 11, 2001) - The following lawyers and judges have been named chairs of Pennsylvania Bar Association committees:

• U.S. District Court Judge Ambrose of Pittsburgh - co-chair, PBA Commission on Women in the Profession
• John J. Bagnato - chair, PBA Specialization Committee.
• Karen M. Balaban - chair, PBA Editorial Board
• Pamela E. Berger - co-chair, PBA Legal Services for Exceptional Children Committee
• Thomas J. Blazusiak - chair, PBA Health Care Law Committee
• Michael A. Bloom - chair, PBA Judicial Evaluation Commission
• Catherine A. Boyle - chair, PBA Legal Services to the Public Committee
• Dana M. Breslin - chair, PBA Elder Law Committee
• Gicine P. Brignola - chair, PBA Professionalism Committee
• Timothy J. Carson - chair, PBA Planning Committee
• Joy Flowers Conti - tri-chair, PBA Task Force on the Delivery of Legal Services
• Thomas L. Cooper - tri-chair, PBA Judicial Independence Commission
• Pamela F. Cross - chair, PBA Minority Bar Committee
• Kathleen L. Daerr-Bannon - co-chair, PBA Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee
• Robert H. Davis Jr. - chair, PBA Client and Community Relations Committee
• Elizabeth C. Detwiler - co-chair, PBA Commission on Women in the Profession
• Francis P. Devine III - tri-chair, PBA Judicial Independence Commission
• Superior Court Judge J. Michael Eakin - co-chair, PBA Plain English Committee
• Jeffrey A. Ernico - tri-chair, PBA Task Force on the Delivery of Legal Services
• Paul Eyerly III - co-chair, PBA Bar/Press Committee
• Attorney General Mike Fisher - tri-chair, PBA Multijurisdictional Practice of Law Task Force
• Victoria S. Freimuth - chair, PBA Committee on the Corrections System
• Kevin M. French - co-chair, PBA Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility Committee
• W. Richard Gentry - co-chair, PBA Advertising Committee
• John I. Gordon - co-chair, PBA Insurance Staff Attorney Committee
• Clifford E. Haines - tri-chair, PBA Task Force on Delivery of Legal Services Committee
• J. Robert Hanlon Jr. - chair, PBA Legal Services to Persons with Disabilities Committee
• Christopher J. Hartman - chair, PBA Agricultural Law Committee
• Peter J. Hoffman - co-chair, Pennsylvania Medical Society/Bar Association Joint Committee
• William F. Hoffmeyer - tri-chair, PBA Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee
• Robert I. Johnston - chair, PBA Professional Liability Committee
• Lucille J. Johnston-Walsh - chair, PBA Children�s Rights Committee
• Frank C. Kahoe Jr. - chair, PBA Interdisciplinary Committee on Medical and Health Related Issues
• Ralph E. Kates III - chair, PBA Civil and Equal Rights Committee
• JoAnne E. Kinzel - co-chair, PBA Insurance Staff Attorney Committee
• Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Richard B. Klein - co-chair, PBA Plain English Committee
• John P. Knox - co-chair, PBA Senior Lawyers Committee
• Denis W. Krill - chair, PBA Advertising Committee
• Penina Lieber - co-chair, PBA Charitable Organizations Committee
• Jennifer C. Lowman - co-chair, PBA Legal Services for Exceptional Children Committee
• James F. Marsh - co-chair, PBA Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee
• Jennifer M. McHugh - chair, PBA Quality of Life/Balance Task Force
• Monroe County Court of Common Pleas Judge Linda Wallach Miller - co-chair, PBA Law-Related Education Committee
• Samuel D. Miller III - co-chair, PBA Professionalism Committee
• James F. Mundy - chair, PBA Political Action Committee
• Susan Mussman - co-chair, PBA Charitable Organizations Committee
• David L. Narkiewicz - co-chair, PBA Commission on Multidisciplinary Practice and Related Trends Affecting the Profession
• William H. Nast Jr. - chair, PBA Bylaws Committee
• Joseph P. O�Brien - tri-chair, PBA Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee
• Joseph L. Persico - co-chair, PBA Bar/Press Committee
• Michelle Quinn - tri-chair, PBA Multijurisdictional Practice of Law Task Force
• Velma A. Redmond - co-chair, PBA In-House Counsel Committee
• Clifford A. Rieders - chair, PBA Amicus Curiae Brief Committee
• David E. Robbins - co-chair, PBA Commission on Multidisciplinary Practice and Related Trends Affecting the Profession
• Russell L. Schetroma - chair, PBA Legal Services to the Public Committee
• Marck C. Schultz - tri-chair, PBA Multijurisdictional Practice of Law Task Force
• David E. Schwager - chair, PBA Statutory Law Committee
• William Z. Scott Jr. - co-chair, PBA Membership Development Committee
• Edward Sell - chair, PBA Judicial Campaign Advertising Board
• James M. Sheehan - chair, PBA Government Lawyers Committee
• Stephen A. Sheinen - chair, PBA Sports, Entertainment & Art Law Committee
• Berks County Court of Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey K. Sprecher - chair, PBA Judicial Administration Committee
• Louis N. Teti - co-chair, PBA Law-Related Education Committee
• Leonard Tinter - chair, PBA Senior Lawyers Committee
• Paul C. Troy - chair, PBA Midyear Meeting Committee
• Samuel Trueblood - chair, PBA Lawyer�s Assistance Committee
• Charles Vogt - co-chair, PBA Membership Development Committee
• Chambersburg lawyer Martha Baum Walker - tri-chair, PBA Judicial Independence Commission
• Stephen M. Walker - co-chair, PBA In-House Counsel Committee
• Mark A. Welge - co-chair, PBA Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee
• Thomas G. Wilkinson Jr. - co-chair, PBA Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee