Background
Pyfer, John Frederick was born on July 25, 1946 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Frederick and Myrtle Ann (Greiner) Pyfer.
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John Frederick Pyfer
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Graduate cum laude, Peddie School, 1965.
Career
Bar: Pennsylvania 1972, United States District Court (eastern district) Pennsylvania 1973, United States Tax Court 1975,Supreme Court of the United States Court 1975, United States District Court (middle district) Pennsylvania 1984, United States Court Appeals (3d circuit) 1986. Law clerk to presiding justice Court Common Pleas, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1972-1974. Associate Xakellis, Perezous & Mongiovi, 1972-1976.
Founding partner Allison & Pyfer, Lancaster, 1976-1985, president Pyfer & Associations, 1986-1988, Pyfer & Reese, 1988.
Professor para-legal training Pennsylvania State Extension Service, 1989-1993. Federal court mediator, 1992.
President Lancaster-Lebanon Council Boy Scouts American 1989-1993, county commissioner 1987-1989,member of national committee, 1996, Eagle Scout with 3 palms, God and Country award, God and Svc. award, Wood Badge, Scouter"s Key, Vigil Honor, Orderof Arrow, Distinguished Commissioner award, Silver Beaver award, West fellow, 1910 Society, National Jamboree, 1960, 64, 85, 89, 93, 97, World Jamboree, 1967, 87, 95, 98, Japan Jamboree, 1990, Canada Jamboree, 1993. Board dirs.World of Scouting Museum.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Board Criminal Lawyers, Lancaster Heritage Center. Member American Bar Association (First prize Howard C. Schwab National Essay Contest in Writing, 1972), American Trial Lawyers Association, Sons of the American Revolution, National Association Criminal Defense Lawyers, Pa.Trial Lawyers Association, Pennsylvania Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, American Arbitration Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Lancaster Bar Association, Inns Court (founder, president.W. Hensel Brown, 1993-1994), Christian Lawyers Society, Train Collector Association (division president 1984), American Orchid Society (affiliate president 1998). Clubs: Lions (president 1980-1982) (Willow Street, Pennsylvania).
Masons (Lancaster).
Connections
Married Carol Trice, November 25, 1970. Children: John Frederick III, Carol Lee.
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Political Party
Republican