Chuck Pascal is an attorney in private practice, admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and before the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Although his practice is based in Armstrong County, he has appeared in courts throughout the state, including courts in Allegheny, Delaware, Westmoreland, and Philadelphia counties.

He is a 1981 graduate of Leechburg Area High School and a 1985 graduate 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 in 2003. He previously attended the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.

Chuck's professional memberships include the American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Allegheny County Bar Association, Armstrong County Bar Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, and Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

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 has worked on many difficult but successful political campaigns, including those of District Justice Carolyn Bengel of Natrona Heights and Patrick Dowd, who defeated Pittsburgh School Board President Darlene Harris in the 2003 primary election.

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 in Armstrong County 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 on the Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee in May, 2002.

Chuck is recognized statewide as a committed elected official, and an activist on issues such as tax reform, adequate and equitable school funding, fairness in standardized testing, and reducing commercialism in schools. He has spoken before many groups across the state on these topics as an invited speaker or workshop presenter.