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Tarah Toohil's Biography

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Full Name:

Tarah C. Toohil

Gender:

Female

Family:

Husband: Scot

Birth Date:

10/01/1979

Home City:

Drums, PA

Religion:

Catholic

JD, Dickinson School of Law, Pennsylvania State University, 2006-2008

Attended, School of Law, University of Miami, 2005-2006

BA, Political Science/Sociology, Northeastern University, 1998-2003

Former Deputy Majority Whip, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Representative, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 116, 2011-2022

Candidate, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 116, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020

Former Chair, Counties Subcommittee, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Former Member, Health Committee, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Former Chair, Health Facilities Subcommittee, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Former Member, Judiciary Committee, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Former Member, Local Government Committee, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Former Member, Rules Committee, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Former Member, Urban Affairs, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Attorney, Tarah Toohil, Esquire, 2008-present

Columnist, Hazleton Standard Speaker, present

Former Certified Legal Intern, Dauphin County District Attorney Ed Marsico

Former Deputy Chief Clerk, Hallandale Beach, Florida

Former Paralegal, Munley, Munley and Cartwright

Co-Founder, Brandon's Forever Home, present

Member, Circle 200 Women of Northeastern Pennsylvania, present

Member, Elks Lodge, present

Member, Hazleton Area Lady Lawyers, present

Member, Hazleton Chamber of Commerce, present

Member, Hazleton Professionals Organized and Working to Enrich the Region (POWER), present

Member, Hazletown Area Attorneys, present

Advisory Board Member, Lackawanna College Hazleton, present

Chair, Legislation Committee, Wilkes Barre Law Library Association, present

Member, Lower Luzerne County Bar Association, present

Member, Nominating Committee, HeartChase, American Heart Association, present

Member, Pennsylvania Children's Trust Fund, present

Member, Rotary Club, present

Member, Statewide Near Death and Fatality Review Board, present

Advisory Group Member, Supreme Court’s Language Access, present

Member, Young Lawyers, present

Member, Breaking Through Barriers for Women and Girls, American Association of University Women

Board Member, Free 2B Mom

Former Member, Leadership Wilkes-Barre

Former Co-Captain, Moot Court Team, School of Law, Pennsylvania State University

State Director, National Foundation for Women Legislators (NFWL), 2016

Awards:

Anthracite District of the Boy Scouts of America (2015), National Foundation for Women Legislators (NFWL) Elected Women of Excellence Award (2014), Operation Rising Star Award (2014), Hazleton YWCA PEARL Award (2013), Young Republican of the Year Award (2011), Elks Citizen of the Year Award (2011) and the Margery Scranton Council of Republican Women's History Month Award (2011)

Publications:

Weekly Column in the Hazleton Standard Speaker
Monthly Column in the Newspaper's "Senior Scene" Section

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