Attorney Profile
John
M. R. Ayres
johnayres@johnstownpa.com
132 Gazebo Park # 175
Johnstown, PA 15901-1811
814-535-8646
John Ayres concentrates his law practice on Estate Planning and
Estate Administration, while also handling other legal matters which
may arise such as Real Estate sales and purchases and Corporation and
Small Business law.
John is a graduate of Mercersburg Academy, the Washington and Jefferson
College where he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree, and the University
of Michigan Law School where he earned Bachelor of Laws and Juris
Doctor Degrees.
John is recognized as a leader in the area of Estate Planning and
Administration, and is called upon often to aid fellow attorneys in the
development of estate plans for Clients. John also represents several
trust companies and often is retained to render interpretive legal
opinions in this area of practice.
John is a member of the Cambria and PA Bar Associations, and is
admitted to the Courts of Cambria County, the Superior, Commonwealth
and Supreme Courts of PA, the U.S. District Court for the Western
District of PA, the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals and the United
States Supreme Court.
John is Past President of the Cambria County Bar Association, a member
of the American Arbitration Association Panel of Arbitrators, President
of the Citizens' Cemetery Association (Grandview Cemetery), former
President of the Kiwanis Club of Johnstown, former Lieutenant Governor
of the PA District of Kiwanis International, Ordained Elder and Deacon
and former Trustee of the First Presbyterian Church of Johnstown, and
holds the Silver Beaver Award for his involvement and leadership in the
Boy Scouts of America. Most recently, John was awarded the H. Clifton
McWilliams Award for professionalism and legal civility by the Cambria
County Bar Association, its highest honor.