Capitol View, 500 11th Ave. North, Suite 600
Nashville, TN 37203
Main Office Number: (615) 244-2770
Main Office Fax: (615) 244-2778
Mobile: (615) 210-1043
Practice Areas
Environmental | Healthcare | Intellectual Property | Media and Communication | Drafting of Legislation | Regulatory Compliance | Local Government Law
Davidson College, B.A., 1969
Vanderbilt Law School, J.D., 1972
In his “Of Counsel” role, John’s practice is primarily in the areas of healthcare law, environmental law, local government law, intellectual property law, media law, and drafting of legislation.
John analyzes and drafts contracts, legislation, and other legal documents for clients that he has represented for many years. He advises and represents clients on issues involving compliance with federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
John is considered an excellent legal writer and has contributed numerous articles to legal journals. He was honored by the Tennessee Bar Association in 2003 and again in 2014 with the Justice Joseph W. Henry Award, presented annually to the author of the year’s best article in the Tennessee Bar Journal. In 2005 he served as editor-in-chief of the Nashville Bar Journal.
John has recently authored his first book – a biography of Montgomery Bell, the most prominent ironmaster in Tennessee in the first half of the 19th century. The book was published in 2024 by Acclaim Press and is entitled Montgomery Bell: Tennessee Frontier Capitalist. It is available on Amazon.
John is a member of the Tennessee and Nashville Bar Associations and is a Fellow of the Nashville Bar Foundation. He is admitted to practice in Tennessee and before the following federal courts: the U. S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Tennessee, the U. S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth, Sixth, and Federal Circuits, and the U. S. Supreme Court. He holds an “AV” rating from Martindale-Hubbell.