After George Fowkes served as an officer in the United States Air Force, he came back to Pittsburgh where he graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1962. Since that time, Mr. Fowkes has represented and counseled businesses and individuals in a variety of matters ranging from complex commercial litigation, including trade secret and intellectual property matters to wills, trusts and estates. Mr. Fowkes spent his initial years practicing in a downtown law firm before he established his own practice in Oakmont, PA where among, others Mr. Fowkes practiced with Ginny Birmingham and Michael G. Winklmann. Most recently, Mr. Fowkes and his partner of many years, Michael G. Winklmann practiced under the firm name of Fowkes & Birmingham. Mr. Winklmann, a 1984 graduate of the Duquesne University of Law School has a general practice of law that includes, business formation, contracts, family law, wills trusts and estates and criminal law.
