John provides legal advice and services in business development, financing and operations; legal and corporate affairs; strategic corporate events, including mergers, acquisitions and partnerships; contract negotiation, drafting and administration; litigation and dispute resolution; and intellectual property matters. He has also worked in the film industry in various capacities, including as a producer and executive producer.
His clients include technology and media businesses, film and television financing, production, broadcasting and distribution companies, consulting firms, nonprofits, and individual authors, speakers and artists.
John has served as general counsel to three companies, helped launch, finance and operate several businesses, and has worked on over 100 film and television projects. He was the founding general counsel of Pedestal, an online trading platform owned by Deutsche Bank, Reuters and Battery Ventures; of Federal City Bancorp; and of Culture11, an online media company.
John began his legal career at Davis Polk & Wardwell, where he advised on securities offerings and mergers and acquisitions.
John earned his J.D. at Georgetown, where he was associate editor of the Georgetown Law Journal, and his B.A. from the University of California, Davis (Phi Beta Kappa), where he was also a professional firefighter/EMT.
John currently serves as general counsel of Raven SR, a waste-to-energy company. He is also of counsel to The Potomac Law Group and serves on the board of directors of C3 Solutions, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting practical, free-market environment and climate public policy solutions.
His film credits include BONHOEFFER (Producer), CLEMENTE (Producer), and NEAT: THE STORY OF BOURBON.
Specialties: legal services, legal affairs, legal department, business development, startup, financing and management, securities offerings, corporate governance and structuring, investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, contract negotiation, contract drafting, intellectual property issues, entertainment law
