John has extensive experience in corporate, tax and securities law matters, mergers and acquisitions and commercial business transactions.

John represents clients regarding all aspects of entity formation, debt and private equity financing, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and commercial business transactions. He also devotes a significant portion of his time advising clients on a wide range of tax matters, including partnership and S corporation tax issues, as well as representing clients before federal and state taxing authorities.

John has served as an adjunct professor of law at Wake Forest University for several years, where he has taught courses in business planning and partnership taxation. He has also presented at several seminars on topics covering choice of entity and mergers and acquisitions.

John is a former shareholder and director with Bell, Davis & Pitt. He has served as secretary of the North Carolina Bar Association’s Business Law Section and as a council member of the Business Law Section. He is also a member of the North Carolina Bar Association, in both the tax and business law sections.

John graduated from the University of Michigan-Dearborn in 1982, with distinction, with a bachelor of science in administration. He received his J.D. in 1985 from Wake Forest University, where he graduated magna cum laude, and an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University in 1987.

He is recognized as a member of the Legal Elite, as rated by Business North Carolina magazine, and is included in the 2006 and 2007 editions of The Best Lawyers in America.

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