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 Courts 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