JOHN W. LEWIS, II
John was recognized in the December 2007 issue of Worth magazine as one of the Top 100 Attorneys in the United States. He has substantial experience representing privately held companies, private equity groups, and management teams in a wide variety of corporate and financial matters. He has handled several shareholder disputes and breakups, including those involving litigation, and has counseled several high net worth clients on asset protection issues.

John advises clients throughout the life spans of their privately held businesses—from formation through profitable operation to decision points such as transferring ownership, raising private equity, and other ownership issues. His clients span the life cycle of businesses dealing with issues of growth stage capital to those who own mature businesses with succession planning issues.

PRACTICE AREAS
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Private Equity
• Corporate and Shareholder Disputes
• Asset Protection

Representative Matters
• Represented management owned software services company in sale to
NASDAQ company for $170,000,000 cash and equity.
• Represented automotive parts manufacturer in acquisition of manufacturing
facility from a Chapter 11 bankruptcy seller involving union collective bargaining
agreements, environmental and product liability issues.
• Represented online marketplace company in sale to NYSE company for
$22,000,000+ involving cash, buyer stock, and contingent earn-out payments.
• Represented numerous clients in structuring legally permissible asset protection
strategies, including use of foreign situs trusts and other entities.
• Represented a 50% shareholder in split-up of $60,000,000+ revenue construction
and real estate business involving litigation between family members.

EXPERIENCE
• 1998  Metz Lewis LLC
Member of the Executive Committee
• 1985  Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C.
Corporate Group Chair, 1994-1998
• 1983  Arthur Andersen & Co., Tax Department

EDUCATION
• 1983  J.D., West Virginia University
Executive Editor, West Virginia University Law Review
• 1980  B.S., Wheeling Jesuit University

ADMISSIONS
• Pennsylvania
• West Virginia
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND HONORS
• Selected by Worth magazine as one of the Top 100 Attorneys in the United States
for 2007
• Board of Directors, PMG Sinter Global U.S. Companies
• Board of Directors, Communifax Corporation
• Committee Member, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pittsburgh
• Recognized as an AV® rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell peer review

PERSONAL interests and activities
• Duquesne Club
• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 100 mile Century Event Rider, 2006-2009