John’s clients include Fortune 500 companies, closely held businesses, and high-net-worth individuals across a range of industries. His work spans a broad array of substantive and procedural issues, including listed transactions, the validity of Treasury regulations, executive compensation disputes, debt-versus-equity determinations, bad debt deductions, employment tax disputes, SECA tax compliance, foreign bank account reporting, and estate and gift tax disputes. He also advises clients with tax insurance policies in coverage disputes with carriers, including disputes involving bad faith claims and complex, multi-layer insurance tower coverage.
This experience has made John a trusted advisor for high-net-worth individuals and business leaders alike. He is also active in the community, serving as a co-chair of multiple subcommittees of the Criminal & Civil Tax Penalties Committee for the ABA’s Section of Taxation and an Advisory Council Member of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
Credentials
Education
- Wake Forest University School of Law, J.D., 2014, cum laude, Order of the Coif; Executive Editor, Wake Forest Law Review
- College of Charleston, B.S., Economics, 2008
Bar Admissions
- Georgia
- North Carolina
Court Admissions
- U.S. Tax Court
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

