Background
Gough, John Francis was born on November 28, 1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Joseph and Honora Veronica (Garrity) Gough.
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John Francis Francis Gough
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AB cum laude, St. Joseph's University, 1957. Juris Doctor, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut, 1960.
Career
Worked at Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1961, Pa. 1994, N.J.
Alpha Sigma Nu.
Instructor in Law, Yale Law School, 1959-1965. Law Clerk Phila. Court of Common Pleas, 1964-1965. Lecturer: "Business Bankruptcy," Pa.
Bar Institute., 1983 and "Banking Law Institute., 1984. Faculty Co-Chair Graduate Div. C.L.E. Programs, Temple Law School, 1988-1992.
Lecturer, Graduate Div., University of Pa., 1989. Member: Phil. Bar Association (President, Phil. Junior Bar Association, 1964-1965).
Member, Steering Committee, E.D. Pa., Bankr. Conf., 1993. Certified in Business Bankruptcy, Amer. Bankr. Board of Certification, 1992.
(Also at Cherry Hill, New Jersey Office). Our firm was founded in Philadelphia in 1912. Eighteen years later, founding partner Owen J. Roberts was appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Although the firm's offices practice now ranges far beyond Philadelphia, Montgomery McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP has aspired from the first to the tradition of the Philadelphia Lawyer.
Membership
President Highfield School Parent-Teachers Association, Plymouth, Pennsylvania, 1966-1968, Greene Towne Montessori School, Philadelphia, 1979-1980. Chairman Penjerdel region, member national executive committee Yale Law School Association, since 2002. Member executive committee, secretary Schuylkill River Development Corporation, since 2000.
Chairman Tidal Schuylkill River Master Plan Task Force. Former president Rittenhouse Savoy Owners Association, 2005-2010. Member Center City Residents Association, Philadelphia, since 2005.
Member Pennsylvania Bar Association, American Law Institute, Philadelphia Bar Association (president Junior Bar Association 1964-1965), Hospital Attorneys Southeast Pennsylvania (president 1977-1979), American Bankruptcy Institute (board certified in business bankruptcy), Yale Club Philadelphia.
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Married Natalie Smith, March 8, 1984. Children: David, Robert, J. Joseph II, Richard, Jonathan, Kristin.
