Gregory Johnson

About Gregory Johnson

Life is difficult, complex and constantly evolving. At MartinWren we engage in novel and challenging situations everyday. Clients, many with global interests, require a committed and disciplined team of advisors to craft creative and innovative solutions to their problems. For example, I recently served as an escrow agent in a series of million dollar plus international transactions involving a foreign manufacturer, U.S. distributor and Fortune 500 retailer. Never having served in that capacity before, I proceeded to assemble the pieces of a puzzle that resulted in an international escrow agreement, requiring an in-depth study of the tax, legal, business and cultural issues that must be addressed in such an agreement. Ultimately the experience was both fun and intellectually rewarding. I concentrate my practice in areas I find personally and professionally rewarding and challenging. I regularly advise small to medium-sized companies and their attorneys and accountants (both for profit and not-for profit) on succession, tax, structural, governance and other business planning issues, domestic and international business transactions, and dispute resolution. I recently counseled a not-for-profit organization in how to properly structure a joint venture with a for-profit company to complete a commercial real estate development project, while satisfying the complex federal income tax rules that apply to such a joint venture. A significant part of my law and accounting practice is trust and estate planning, administration and dispute resolution. I currently serve as trustee, conservator, guardian and attorney-in-fact as part of my trusts and estates practice which enhances my ability to represent my clients in this area. I routinely work with other attorneys to properly structure complex like-kind, section 1031 exchanges, involving tax-deferred exchanges of apartment buildings, shopping centers and farms, and setting up conservation easements.

Experience

1. Corporate, Tax and Trusts and Estates Attorney and CPA

   Martinwren, P.C

   Jun 2009 — Present · Charlottesville, VA, US

   Corporate, Tax and Trusts and Estates attorney and CPA representing domestic and international closely held businesses, nonprofit organizations, individuals, trusts and estates in complex tax and other planning, operational and tax and other compliance matters. Representative business clients include banks and other financial services businesses, health care professionals, certified public accountants, surveyors, engineers, attorneys, insurance brokers, real estate developers and brokers, health care organizations, restaurants and other retail establishments, automobile sales and service businesses, distributors and wholesalers, manufacturers, trade associations, software companies and consulting companies, to name a few.

Education

• James Madison University

  BBA, Accounting and Management

  1978 — 1981

• University of Richmond School of Law

  Juris Doctor

  1981 — 1984