Background
III, Walter Pattison DeForest, was born on December 4, 1944 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Walter P. Junior and Mary E. (Miller) DeF.
III, Walter Pattison DeForest, was born on December 4, 1944 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Walter P. Junior and Mary E. (Miller) DeF.
Bachelor, University Pittsburgh, 1966. Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1969.
Associate, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, 1969-1977; partner, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, 1978-1993; partner, DeForest & Koscelnik, Pittsburgh, since 1994. Instructor Graduate School Industrial Administration Carnegie Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1974-1975.
Member advisory committee Big Brothers and Big Sisters Western Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, since 1984. Board directors Pennsylvania Small Business Advocacy Council, Harrisburg, 1984-1989, 92. Member American Bar Association (litigation, labor sections), Pennsylvania Bar Association (litigation, labor sections), Allegheny County Bar Association (litigation section, federal court section).
Married Anna Thun.