Practice Areas
John B Fowler III, joined the firm on January 1, 1998, following his retirement from his former law firm where he was the senior and managing partner for a number of years. He focuses his practice on estate planning and probate law, business law, municipal law and real estate law. For more than forty years, he has successfully advised one of Cumberland County's largest municipal authorities in major expansion and improvement projects and environmental matters.

Professional Activities
Mr. Fowler is a member and a past President of the Cumberland County Bar Association and is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the American Bar Association. Mr. Fowler has served as Solicitor for the Carlisle Borough Sewer System Authority since 1962. He is also the Chairman of the Cumberland County Orphans' Court Rules Committee since 1989.

Mr. Fowler has devoted many hours to civic and charitable causes. He is a former Director and Chairman of the Cumberland County Chapter of the American Red Cross, and a former member and Vice Chairman of the Carlisle Advisory Committee for the Institute of Pastoral Care, Inc. He is also a former corporate member of Pennsylvania Blue Shield and Chairman of its Constitution and By-Laws Committee. Mr. Fowler is a former founding member and Chairman of the Carlisle Area Drug Committee. From 2002 to 2006, he served as Secretary and a member of the Board of Directors of Somerset Education Foundation, Locust Grove, Orange County, Virginia.

Education
Mr. Fowler graduated from Wesleyan University with a B.A. degree in Economics in 1959, and received his law degree from The Dickinson School of Law in 1962.