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”’Glen Grell”’ was first elected to serve the 87th Legislative District in 2004. He currently sits on the House Judiciary, State Government, Insurance, and Labor Relations Committees.
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==Career==
Prior to his election to the House, Representative Grell was a practicing attorney with the law firm Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney.

From 2000 to 2005, Grell was solicitor of Hampden Township, the largest municipality in Cumberland County. Having practiced as a real estate attorney, Grell was appointed in 2004 to serve on the Joint State Government Commission’s Advisory Committee on Real Property Law to advise the General Assembly on the codification of real estate laws in Pennsylvania. During the 2005-06 legislative session, Grell was the prime House sponsor of legislation to protect private property rights and reform the Pennsylvania Eminent Domain Code, which became Acts 34 and 35 of 2006.<ref>’Representative Grell’s Web Profile’ http://repgrell.com</ref>

Grell also served as deputy general counsel to former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge from 1995 to 2000. He had primary responsibility for Commonwealth contracting, review and approval of Commonwealth contracts, deeds, leases, inter-agency agreements and other obligations.

==Personal==
Grell is actively involved in the community, serving on the Shippensburg University Council of Trustees since 1995, as vice chairman of the Pennsylvania Masonic Youth Foundation and as chairman of the Foundation’s Educational Endowment Fund Scholarship Committee, and as director of the Cumberland Valley Eagle Foundation since 2002, among other organizations.

Grell is a 1974 graduate of Cumberland Valley High School and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from The Johns Hopkins University in 1978, as well as his J.D. from Dickinson Law School in 1981. He and his wife live in Hampden Township with their two children.<ref>Ibid.</ref>

==References==
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==External Links==
*[http://repgrell.com/ Representative Grell’s site] ”’Official web site of Representative Glen Grell”’
*[http://pahousegop.com/ Pennsylvania House Republican Caucus] ”’Pennsylvania House Republican Caucus site”’