Biography
With over a 20-year legal career and high devotion to public service, Rep. Scott Petri brings both experience and enthusiasm to the job of representing the residents of the 178th legislative district, as well as the entire Commonwealth.

A member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives since January 2003, Petri strives to keep state taxes and local property taxes under control; to plan for sustainable, controlled growth; to find alternative funding for prescription medication and health insurance for seniors; to build coalitions among communities in the district; and to push for tort reform including medical malpractice reform.

Petri holds a number of leadership positions within the various committees on which he serves. He serves on the House Appropriations Committee where he is chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic Impact and Infrastructure. As a member of the Liquor Control Committee, Petri co-chairs the PA Winery Caucus and is chairman of the Urban Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on First Class Cities and Counties. In addition, he co-chairs the Life Science Caucus.

Petri is an attorney with Begley, Carlin & Mandio, LLP, where he focuses his practice on real estate matters, banking, wills, estates and municipal law. Petri serves as special counsel to Upper Makefield and New Britain townships. Previously he was chairman of Upper Makefield Township's planning commission, a member of the Joint Municipal Zoning Council, chairman of the Traffic Impact Fee Committee and solicitor to the planning commission.

A graduate of Villanova University School of Law (1985), Petri also earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington and Jefferson College (1982) in Washington, Pa., and graduated from Downingtown Senior High School.

He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association; Pennsylvania Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; and U.S. Circuit Court, Third Circuit.

Petri is active in numerous local charities, hospitals and universities, serves on the PA Historical and Museum Commission, is a mentor for youth, as well as a member of the St Mary Hospital Advisory Board, and is an elder in the Thompson Memorial Presbyterian Church.

He resides in New Hope with his wife, Ellen and their son, Drew.

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