Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Taxation, Tax Controversy

Partner

John represents large publicly traded and privately held businesses in controversies, transactional matters and tax planning involving state and local corporate income/franchise taxes, gross receipts taxes, sales and use taxes, and other business privilege taxes. He also defends clients in state tax audits and litigation before courts, administrative agencies and departments of revenue throughout the country.

In addition to his state and local tax practice, John is also one of the nation’s leading attorneys in the emerging field of state unclaimed property laws. He represents clients in multistate unclaimed property audits, litigation, voluntary disclosure matters and complex transactions. His unclaimed property clients encompass nearly every industry, including manufacturing, health care, and technology. While each client’s circumstances are distinctive, his primary concern in every matter is helping clients determine whether their business operations are producing unclaimed property liabilities and finding ways to restructure those operations to minimize unclaimed property exposure.

Vice-Chair, ABA Tax Section's State & Local Tax Committee

Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel

Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1987), cum laude

Yale University (B.S., 1984)