As a business-focused legal advisor and litigator at Ice Miller, John strives to help clients solve financial problems. John works with clients on UCC issues, loans, workouts and other financial transactions and frequently represents clients in debtor/creditor disputes, commercial and bankruptcy litigation and other insolvency matters. John is a member of the Firm's Finance and Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Practice Groups, and he frequently works cross-functionally with other teams, including Ice Miller's Litigation, Business, Public Finance, Real Estate, and Government Benefit Plans Groups.
Prior to joining Ice Miller, John clerked for two federal bankruptcy judges. He served for five years as a law clerk to the Honorable Judge Hannah L. Blumenstiel in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California and for more than two years as a law clerk to the Honorable Judge Charles M. Caldwell in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio. While clerking, John researched, briefed and drafted orders and opinions for hundreds of contested matters and adversary proceedings. Much of John's work involved complex business transactions, including the sale or restructuring of tech companies, commercial property ventures, health care facilities and retail chains.
Before his time at the federal judiciary, John worked in private practice representing clients in a variety of matters, including bankruptcy, civil litigation, foreclosure defense and mediation, municipal law and business planning.
John received his juris doctor from Capital University Law School in 2009, where he graduated valedictorian. John focused his coursework on corporate law, earning a certificate of concentration in publicly held companies and small business entities. During law school, John served as associate editor of
The Capital University Law Review and worked as a legal intern in a variety of settings, including the taxation section of the Ohio Attorney General's Office and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company's office of general counsel, and as an extern for the Honorable Judge Gregory L. Frost. Prior to law school, John received his Bachelor of Science in computer and information sciences from The Ohio State University, where he graduated
magna cum laude with honors in the arts and sciences.
John was recently named to the 2017 class of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges' Next Generation Program at the NCBJ Annual Meeting and currently serves on the leadership team of the American Bankruptcy Institute's Litigation Committee.
In their free time, John and his wife Jennifer enjoy running, hiking, cooking, volunteering, traveling and spending as much time as possible with their baby daughter. A former programmer, John also stays up-to-date on the latest gadgets and technology.