John H. Estey | |
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Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Education |
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Occupation(s) | Disbarred (i.e., former) Attorney |
Political party | Democrat |
John H. Estey is a now-disbarred attorney who served as chief of staff to Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell from 2003 until 2007. [1] [2] He served as interim president of the Milton Hershey School for the 2013–2014 school year and currently serves as executive vice president – administration at Hershey Trust Company, in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Before joining Hershey Trust Company, Estey was a partner at Ballard Spahr LLP in Philadelphia, where he was a co-chair of the Government Relations and Regulatory Affairs Group. [3] He has served as the chairman of the board of commissioners of the Delaware River Port Authority and as chairman of the board of directors of the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority [4] He serves as chairman of board of directors of the Independence Visitor Center in Philadelphia, [5] and is a member of the boards of directors of the Gettysburg Foundation and the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation. [6]
He was named to the Pennsylvania Report "PA Report 100" list of politically influential personalities in 2003. [7]
He was named to the PoliticsPA "Power 50" list. [8] In 2010, Politics Magazine named him one of the "Top 10 Democrats" in Pennsylvania. [9]
In May 2016, he was charged with wire fraud, having pocketed $13,000 that an FBI sting operation had given to him in an investigation into illegal lobbying of legislators. [10] [11] On May 10, 2016, he pleaded guilty to a single count of wire fraud, committed in 2011. On February 23, 2017, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court disbarred Estey.[ citation needed]
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