Gretchen A. Mundorff
Partner/Founder
(724) 628-4110
gretchen@watsonmundorff.com
Gretchen is a founding partner of the firm. Over the course of her legal career, Ms. Mundorff has been an engaged member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) having served as the organization’s president in 2010-2011 and in numerous other roles including PBA Secretary, PBA Zone 6 Governor, Chair of the PBA Young Lawyers Division and Bar Leadership Institute, Vice Chair of the PBA Commission on Women in the Profession, and member of the PBA House of Delegates.
Additionally, she has served on many of the organization’s task forces and committees including the PBA Legal Services to Middle-Income Persons Committee, PBA Leadership Diversity Task Force, PBA Task Force on the Pennsylvania Judiciary, and the PBA Legal Access Task Force. Recognized for her notable contributions to the organization, she was honored with both the Anne X. Alpern Award from the PBA Commission on Women in the Profession and the Chief Justice Flaherty Award from the PBA Conference of County Bar Leaders.
A life fellow of both the American and Pennsylvania Bar Foundations, Ms. Mundorff served as a Director of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and as a member of the American Bar Association House of Delegates. Attorney Mundorff is currently serving a second term on the PA Supreme Court’s Disciplinary Board and Serves as Chair of the Board’s Education Committee.
Ms. Mundorff is an active member in the volunteer community. She is a past director of the United Way of Connellsville, the United Way of Westmoreland County, the American Heart Association of Fayette County, the Uniontown-Harmarville Rehabilitation Advisory Board, Artworks Regional School for the Arts and the Family Health Council in Pittsburgh. Formerly the president of the Greater Connellsville Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club of Connellsville, she currently serves on the boards of directors for both organizations. Ms. Mundorff has served as President of the United Methodist Women of the Albright United Methodist Church in South Connellsville where she has been active on the church council and has served as a youth Sunday School teacher and as a member of the Chancel Choir.
Throughout her distinguished career, Ms. Mundorff has received many recognitions for her dedication to the legal profession and volunteer service. In addition to being named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for many consecutive years, she was named a Distinguished Citizen by the U. S. House of Representatives. She was also recognized by the American Red Cross with the Coldren Award for volunteer service and received the Athena Award from the Greater Connellsville Chamber of Commerce and was named a Paul Harris fellow by the Rotary Club of Connellsville.
She graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Chatham College in Pittsburgh where she was a member of both Phi Beta Kappa and Mortar Board honor fraternities. She earned her Juris Doctorate from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at The College of William and Mary in Virginia.
Memberships
- Fayette County Bar Association, Vice President, Director and Member
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Past President, Past Secretary, Past Governor, Past Young Lawyers Division Chair
- Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Past Board Member
- Pennsylvania Bar Foundation – Life Fellow
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court Continuing Legal Education Board, Past Chair and Board Member
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court Disciplinary Board Hearing Committee, Board Member and Past Hearing Officer
- American Bar Association, Past Pennsylvania Delegate to House of Delegates
- American Bar Foundation –Life Fellow
- American Red Cross Coldren Award for Volunteer Service
- Athena Award
- Pennsylvania Bar Association – Anne X. Alpern Award
- Pennsylvania Bar Association – Chief Justice Flaherty Award
- Pennsylvania Bar Institute Continuing Legal Education, Lecturer and Course Planner
- Pennsylvania Super Lawyer – 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
- Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow
- United States House of Representatives Distinguished Citizen Award
Practice Areas
- Family Law
- Civil Litigation
- Personal Injury
- Municipal Law and Zoning
Community Involvement
- Albright United Methodist Church, Past President United Methodist Women, Church Council, Sunday School teacher and Chancel Choir member
- American Heart Association, Past Director
- Art Works Regional School for the Arts, Past Director
- Connellsville United Way, Past Director
- Greater Connellsville Chamber of Commerce, Director and Past President
- Pittsburgh Family Health Council, Past Director
- Rotary Club of Connellsville, Director and Past President
- Uniontown Harmarville Rehabilitation Advisory Board, Past Director
- Westmoreland County United Way, Past Director
Education
- College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, J.D.
- American Trial Lawyers’ Association; Delta Theta Phi; Law Clerk at Eastern Virginia State Mental Hospital
- Chatham University, B.A., Summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Mortar Board
- Major – Psychology, Received the Psychology Award at Graduation
Admissions
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- United States District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania