John is excited to help you with your business and intellectual property business needs. From helping you brand your business to registering your first trademark, John is ready to walk alongside you as you make your business the best that it can be. John works primarily with transactional intellectual property and contract work and is prepared to assist you and your business in litigation as well.
North Carolina State Bar
ID Number: 54973
Since 2019
2019 - Current
Fidelity Law Group
In 2019, I, along with two other colleagues, started Fidelity Law Group. Fidelity is focused on the needs of small to medium size business. Specifically, we deal primarily with intellectual property, business, and employment law. We gear our practice towards the hospitality industry, helping restaurants, breweries, tap-houses, wineries, and distilleries.
2019 - 2019
Connors and Brenke, PLLC
I worked at Connors and Brenke, assisting attorneys with litigation and transactional matters. We primarily worked in the fields of intellectual property and business law.
2018 - 2019
Thriveworks
As in-house counsel at Thriveworks, I handled the day-to-day legal needs of the company. This ranged from writing policies, to handling employment contract issue, to responding to record requests.
2016 - 2019
J.D. (2019)
Honors: Liberty University School of Law Honors Association; Dean's List
2011 - 2015
B.S. (2015) | Criminal Justice/Pre-Law
Honors: Dean's List; Alpha Phi Sigma Honors Society
The Tax Section of the Florida Bar
The Tax Section of the Florida Bar
The American Bar Association
Hunton Andrews Kurth & University of Houston Law Center
The American Bar Association
Elon School of Law
Elon School of Law
The American Bar Association
The American Bar Association
The American Bar Association
CALI
Trademark Litigation, Trademark Registration
Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination