John Edgar Britton

Background

Britton, John Edgar was born on June 4, 1921 in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Ray W. and Freda (Berlin) Britton.

Education

Bucknell University (Bachelor of Arts, 1942). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, 1948).

Career

Worked at MacDonald, Illig, Jones & Britton LLP (Erie, Pennsylvania) specializing in General Civil Practice. Trials and Appeals in all State and Federal Courts. Banking, Bankruptcy, Corporate, Taxation, Environmental, Real Estate, Labor Relations, Estate Planning and Probate, Municipal and Corporate Finance, Insurance Defense, Workers Compensation, Personal Injury, Hospital, Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Unfair Trade Practice and Antitrust.

Admitted to the bar, 1949, Pennsylvania. President, Erie County Bar Association, 1967-1968. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.

Since its founding in 1897, MacDonald, Illig, Jones and Britton LLP has grown to become one of the largest law firms in Northwestern Pennsylvania. Accompanying this growth has been steady expansion of the firm's areas of expertise. Long known for its litigation, corporate, labor, trusts and estates, banking and real estate practices, over the past few decades the firm has added talent and developed proficiency in the fields of bankruptcy, health care, intellectual property, environmental law and public finance.

The firm serves a diversified clientele throughout Northwestern Pennsylvania.

Membership

President Hamot Health Systems, Inc., Erie, 1969, trustee 1970-1980. Founder, director Greater Erie Charity Golf Classic, since 1970. First lieutenant United States Air Force, 1942-1945.

Fellow American College Trial Lawyers. Member Erie County Bar Association (president 1968, chancellor of the bar 1991), Kahkwa Club, Sanctuary Golf Club.

Interests

• Golf, foundation philanthropic work.

Connections

Married, June 17, 1950. Children: Judith B. Bonanno, John W.

Father:

Ray W. Britton

Mother:

Freda (Berlin) Britton

child:

John W. Britton

child:

Judith B. Bonanno Britton