CLEARFIELD- Mark Falvo of Clearfield has been named to the Public Defender’s Office in Warren County, Pennsylvania. Falvo will join Attorney Kord Kinney in the office. Before being named as Public Defender in Warren,
Attorney Falvo served as Judicial Law Clerk for the President Judge Maureen Skerda and Judge Gregory Hammond.
Falvo attended the Pennsylvania State University for his undergraduate degree and attended the Claude W. Pettit College of Law at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio. He began his career in 1988 in Clearfield serving as a law clerk to President John K. Reilly, Jr, Jospeh S. Ammerman and Senior John A. Cherry. He eventually joined James A. Naddeo and Associates, moved on to Akman and Associates in DuBois and eventually opened a private practice in Clearfield.
Falvo also served as an Adjunct Faculty member at Penn State DuBois. He still does Play by Play for Clearfield Bison Football on wOKw.com.
While in Clearfield and DuBois, Falvo served as a volunteer for the Pennsylvania Statewide Mock Trial Competition, the Penn State Alumni Society, the Boy Scouts of America, American Cancer Society, American Red Cross, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Clearfield County Bar Association, Clearfield YMCA, Toys to Tots, Clearfield County Teen Court, Clearfield County Crimestoppers, Legal Eagles, Operation Kid Safe, Camp Cadet, DuBois Area High School Baseball and Clearfield Area Senior and Little League Baseball.
Falvo has also been recognized for his work in the Clearfield Community by being recognized on the floor of the United States House of Representatives and referenced in the Congressional Record, Recognized for his volunteer efforts by various Pennsylvania Governors and members of the State Legislators, named Outstanding Young Alumni of the Year by Penn State DuBois, Outstanding Individual Community Service and Social Awareness Award, was named Outstanding Citizen by Clearfield Chamber of Commerce in 2007 and won the Presidential Award by Pennsylvania Council of Social Studies also in 2007. He has also won numerous awards for Law Day Presentations and for Legal Eagles.
In Warren, Falvo is a member of the Warren County Bar Association, Warren County Crimestoppers, Warren County Drug Treatment Court and SAG-AFTRA. He still volunteers for Camp Cadet, Legal Eagles in Warren and at the National Comedy Center and the Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum in Jamestown, New York.
