PRESS RELEASE

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Announces Changes
to the Lawyers Fund for Client Security Board

HARRISBURG, April 5, 2004 - The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania today announced the appointment of Morris M. Shuster, Esq., to the Lawyers Fund for Client Security Board together with other organizational changes.

Shuster, of the law firm of Chimicles & Tikellis in Montgomery County, was appointed to a three-year term that expires April 1, 2007.

The court also reappointed Beth Lang, of Allegheny County, to a three-year term, beginning April 1. Lang, chief operating officer of Gateway Financial, is a non-lawyer public member of the board.

Also, the court designated Carl D. Buchholz III, a partner with the Philadelphia law firm of Rawle & Henderson, as chair and Derek C. Hathaway, Chairman and CEO of Harsco Corp., Cumberland County, as vice chair, effective April 1.

The Pennsylvania Lawyers Fund for Client Security was established by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on April 30, 1982, as a means of helping clients recover some or all losses of money and/or property stolen from them by their attorneys. It is funded by a special annual assessment paid by every attorney admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania.

This board that administers the fund includes five lawyers and two non-lawyer public members. Each member term is three years in length and a member may serve a maximum of two consecutive terms. For more information, please contact: Pennsylvania Lawyers Fund for Client Security, 4909 Louise Drive, Suite 101, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055, or call 1-800-962-4618 or visit on the Web www.palawfund.com.

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