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About Mayor Chuck Pascal
Chuck Pascal was elected Mayor of Leechburg in 2005, and took office in January, 2006.
Mayor Pascal is a lifelong resident of the Leechburg area. He is an attorney in private practice, licensed to practice law in all Pennsylvania courts and before the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Although his practice is based here in Armstrong County, he has appeared in courts throughout the state, including courts in Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Cambria, Delaware, Indiana, Lebanon, Luzerne, Mercer, Philadelphia, Venango and Westmoreland counties, as well as before the Commonwealth, Superior and Supreme Courts of Pennsylvania.
As an attorney, Chuck has had several high-profile cases, including cases challenging the Constitutionality of changing voting methods without a voter referendum, and a case which reversed a large pension increase that retiring Armstrong County commissioners voted for themselves before leaving office.
Chuck is a graduate of Leechburg Area High School and of the University of Pittsburgh with Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degrees in political science and communications/rhetoric. Chuck graduated cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree. He previously attended the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.
Chuck has worked as a property assessor for Allegheny County, an investigator of employment discrimination complaints for the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, and as a strategic communications consultant. As a consultant, Chuck directed many difficult but successful political campaigns.
A longtime public servant, Chuck served as a member of the Leechburg Area School Board from 1987 until 2003, and as a member of the Joint Operating Committee of Lenape Technical School from 1989 until 2003.
In 1999, Chuck won one of two Democratic nominations for Armstrong County Commissioner, finishing second in a five-candidate primary. In the fall, Chuck lost the election to the three incumbent commissioners by a mere 285 votes.
Chuck was elected by the Democratic voters of Armstrong County to serve a four-year term on the Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee in May, 2002.
Chuck is recognized statewide as a committed and progressive elected official, and an activist on issues such as tax reform, school funding, fairness in standardized testing, reducing commercialism in schools, and government reform and integrity. He has spoken before many groups across the state on these topics as an invited speaker or workshop presenter.
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