Mark R Zimmer

Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association President of the Association - 2001-2002 Vice President of the Association - 2000-2001 Secretary / Treasurer - 1999-2000 Member of the Executive Committee - 1996-Present Chairman of the Megan's Law Committee - 1996-2003 Chairman of the Child Abuse Coalition - 1992-2003 Pennsylvania District Attorneys Institute Member of the Board of Directors - 1996-2003 Appointed Specual Deputy Attorney General to investigate and prosecute child abuse cases in Pike and Susquehanna Counties Trial and Appellate Counsel in Commonwealth v. Conforti, 533 Pa. 530, 626 A.2d 129, (1993) Initiated Child Abuse Investigative Team in Wayne County in 1983. Improved Child Abuse Investigative Team in Wayne County by obtaining Children's Champions Grant in 1993 which also included a Child Death Review Team for Wayne County Outstanding Young Men of America - 1977 Associate Editor, JURIS Magazine, Duquesne University School of Law Four (4) articles published - 1978-1979 Selected on the basis of achievement in Environmental Lay Symposium, Washington D.C. - 02/1978 Admitted to Bar of Pennsylvania Supreme Court - 1979 Admitted to Bar of United States District Court for Middle District of Pennsylvania Have appeared before U.S. District Court, Wayne, Pike, Monroe, Lackawanna, Luzerne, and Susquehanna County Courts Have appeared before Pennsylvania Supreme, Superior and Commonwealth Courts Professional Organizations Pennsylvania Bar Association Wayne County Bar Association - Secretary - 1985 Pennsylvania Association of Trial Lawyers American Association of Trial Lawyers Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association Special Interests Trial Law, Criminal Law, Child Abuse Law, Homicide Prosecution, Acting, Hiking, Bicycling and Running. Awards and Honors Honors Member, Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (Appointed by Governor Thomas Ridge), 2000 Governor's Community Partnership for Safe Children (Appointed by Governor Thomas Ridge), 1999 Act No. 127 of 1998; Amendments to Pa. Child Protective Services Law, 1998 Member, Child Abuse and Neglect Work Group of the Governor's Community Partnership for Safe Children, 1998 - Present Member, Attorney General's Medical/Legal Board on Child Abuse, 1992 - Present Appointed to the Governor's Community Partnership for Safe Children, 1999 Appointed to the Joint Stete Government Commission's Advisory Committee on Services to Children & Youth, 2000 Outstanding Young Men of America, 1977 Appointed Special Deputy Attorney General, Pike and Susquehanna Counties Selected on the Basis of Achievement in Environmental Law, Environmental Law Symposium, Washington, D.C., 1978

• Sole Practitioner, since 2002

• Wayne County Courthouse, District Attorney, 1992 - 2003
• Zimmer & Rechner, Partner, 1998 - 2002
• Rutherford & Zimmer, Partner, 1982 - 1997
• Wayne County Courthouse, Assistant District Attorney, 1981 - 1989
• Wayne County Courthouse, Assistant District Attorney, 1991
• Bodie & Rutherford, Associate, 1979 - 1981

• Instructor, Paralegal Courses (General Business Law, Practice & Procedure, and Real Estate), Penn State University Scranton-Worthington Campus Dunmore, PA, 1983 - 1984
• Presenter, Training of Trial Judges on Pre-Trial, Trial and Post Conv. Rel. Act. Issues Regarding the Death Penalty, A.O.P.C. - State College, 2003
• Presenter, Training of Trial Judges on Pre-Trial, Trial and Post Conv. Rel. Act. Issues Regarding the Death Penalty, A.O.P.C. - Plymouth, 2003
• Presenter, Victim Witness Training Course, P.C.C.D., 2002
• Presenter, Victim Witness Training Course, P.C.C.D., 2001
• Presenter, Basic Prosecutor's Course, Pennsylvania District Attorneys Institute School for Prosecutors, 2000
• Presenter, Victim Witness Training Course, P.C.C.D., 2000
• Presenter, Anticipating Defenses, Advanced Child Abuse Investigation Course York, PA, 1998
• Presenter, Megan's Law Update, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Mechanicsburg, PA, 1998
• Presenter, Rules of Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law Update Course, Lancaster, PA, 1998
• Presenter, Megan's Law Update, PA Bar Institute - Criminal Law Symposium Harrisburg, PA, 1998
• Presenter, Criminal Law & Legal Procedure Relating to Child Abuse, Basic Child Abuse Investigation Course, Reading, PA, 1998
• Presenter, Criminal Law & Legal Procedure Relating to Child Abuse, Basic Child Abuse Investigation Course, Harrisburg, PA, 1997
• Presenter, Rules of Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law Update Course, White Haven, PA, 1997
• Presenter, Victim/Witness Assistance, Basic Prosecutor's Course, Carlisle, PA, 1997
• Presenter, Megan's Law: Implementation & Litigation Issues, Criminal Law Update Course, Glen Mills, PA, 1997
• Presenter, Rules of Criminal Procedure, P.D.A.A. Mid-Winter Mtg. General Session Pittsburgh, PA, 1997
• Presenter, Criminal Law and Legal Procedure Relating to Child Abuse, Basic Child Abuse Investigation Course Altoona, PA, 1996
• Presenter, Victim/Witness Relations & Issues, Newly Elected District Attorneys Seminar, Philadelphia, PA, 1996
• Presenter, Opening Statements and Preparation of Witnesses, Trial Advocacy Workshop, Johnstown, PA, 1994
• Presenter, Criminal Law and Legal Procedure, Relating to Child Abuse
• Presenter, Basic Child Abuse Investigation Course, Scranton, PA
• Presenter, Opening Statements and Preparation of Witnesses, Trial Advocacy Workshop York, PA, 1994
• Presenter, How to Win Your Case Without Witnesses:Opening, Closing, and Finding a Theme, Trial Tactics and Strategies in Child Abuse Cases, Harrisburg, PA, 1993

• Commonwealth v. Conforti
• Citation: 533 Pa. 530, 626 A.2d 129
• Court: Trial and Appellate Counsel
• Year: 1993

• Pennsylvania, 1979
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania

• Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association, 2001 - 2002 (President )
• Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association, 2000 - 2001 (Vice President)
• Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association, 1999 - 2000 (Secretary/Treasurer)
• Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association, 1996 - Present (Member, Executive Committee)
• Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association, 1996 - 2003 (Chairman, Megan's Law Committee)
• Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association, 1992 - 2003 (Chairman, Child Abuse Coalition)
• Pennsylvania District Attorneys Institute, 1996 - 2003 (Member, Board of Directors)
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Wayne County Bar Association, 1985 (Secretary)
• Pennsylvania Association of Trial Lawyers
• American Association for Justice
• Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association