About John

John has a broad corporate practice working with clients in the cable television, broadcast, newspaper and technology industries. He provides strategic counseling to substantial family-owned businesses.

Representative matters:

  • Counseling cable operators, cable network owners, broadcast and newspaper owners, and technology companies in connection with large and complex mergers, acquisitions and dispositions. 
  • Advising cable operators, broadcast and newspaper owners and technology companies in connection with various forms of financing, including private equity investments. 
  • Assisting clients in the structuring and operations of joint ventures, strategic alliances and partnerships. 
  • Counseling substantial family-owned business in connection with varied corporate, financial, tax and other matters.

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Admissions and credentials

  • District of Columbia
  • New Jersey

Education

  • University of Pennsylvania Law School
    JD, 1977
  • Georgetown University
    BA, magna cum laude, 1974
  • Georgetown University
    BS, 1974

Memberships and affiliations

  • New Jersey Supreme Court, Law Secretary - Associate Justice (1977-1978)

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