1. JohnP.Ferguson
Executive Summary: My future success as an attorney begins with the same tireless work ethic, devotion to positive client
experience, enduring dedication to self improvement, adaptability and technical excellence that currently drives my
division’s profitability.
Experience
01/13-Present Five Stone Tax Advisors Austin, TX
Senior Business Tax Attorney
• Managing an emergent legal services division responsible for generating just under $1,000,000.00 in annual revenue.
• Fulfilling, as the sole attorney of the legal services division, all client deliverables driving the division’s revenue goal.
• Representing clients before the Internal Revenue Service, the Tax Court and District Courts to resolve tax controversies.
• Forming, merging and converting business entities for tax and liability purposes in Texas and throughout the country.
• Managing business disputes through settlement and through early stage litigation.
• Executing strategies for asset and wealth protection.
• Acting, informally, as company general counsel in reviewing contracts and lease agreements that affect the business itself
and advising executives regarding state laws and other regulations governing the business.
• Experience and expertise in multiple business transaction settings including buy/sell transactions, employment transactions,
joint venture transactions, intellectual property transactions, real estate transactions, loan transactions and oil and gas
transactions.
07/09-1/13 Texas Department of Public Safety Austin, TX
Assistant General Counsel
• Drafted clauses, negotiated terms, settled disputes, and prepared for litigation in all Department contract matters.
• Represented the Department in employment termination and administrative matters.
• Provided legal advice on an agency wide basis to division heads regarding matters of policy, state, and federal law.
12/07-07/09 General Motors Austin, TX
Legal Negotiator
• Assessed state lemon law and Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act claims against General Motors then negotiated financially
prudent resolutions when litigation was not cost effective.
6/07-12/07 Hanes & Associates, PLLC East Lansing, MI
Law Clerk
• Prepared senior attorneys for trial by compiling briefs and deposition summaries, preparing exhibits, performing legal
research, drafting complaints, drafting motions, preparing discovery, setting hearings and sending notices.
• Drafted business planning agreements.
Licensure and Affiliations
• State Bar of Texas License to Practice Law, November 2008.
• Pro Bono Attorney for Texas Veterans Association.
• National Business Institute speaker and CLE instructor.
• Published legal author, Texas Tech Business and Bankruptcy Law Journal.
Education
University of Texas School of Law Austin, Texas
• LL.M., May 2012
• 3.6 GPA
• Business Transactions and Arbitration
Thomas M. Cooley Law School Lansing, MI
• Juris Doctorate, September 2007
• Cum Laude
• Graduated 13 of 230
2116 Westfalian Trail
Austin, TX 78732
Phone (765) 860-3513
johnpatrickferguson@yahoo.com
