John G. Pearce
Education
- J.D.,University of Louisville School of Law, 1983
- B.S., Accounting, University of Kentucky, 1974
Bar Memberships/ Licenses
- State Bar of Texas
- State Bar of Georgia
- Certified Public Accountant
Other Memberships
- Austin Bar Association
- Austin Bar Association, Business, Corporate & Tax Section
- Austin Institute of CPAs
- Kentucky Bar Association
- Louisiana State Bar Association
- State Bar of Texas, Tax Section
John Pearce is both an attorney and certified public accountant. His law practice concentration is in the areas of business transactions, including acquisitions & mergers, new business structure and formation, tax planning, tax controversy, and estate planning. His transactional experience ranges from small businesses to publicly traded companies. He currently represents companies and individuals in a variety of industries, including construction, land development, communications, entertainment, health care, real estate and manufacturing, and serves as outside general counsel for many of these clients.
Mr. Pearce grew up in Madisonville, Kentucky, where he graduated from Madisonville High School in 1970. He attended the University of Kentucky where he earned a B.S. in Accounting in 1974. He later attended the University of Louisville School of Law where he earned his Juris Doctor degree in 1983.
His career began in public accounting when Mr. Pearce joined Price Waterhouse & Co., which is now known as PricewaterhouseCoopers. He later attended law school at night while serving as the chief financial officer for a health care company. After law school, Mr. Pearce took a position with Aetna Life & Casualty as Vice President of Acquisitions for their health plans division. In this capacity, he traveled the United States evaluating acquisition candidates and managed the due diligence and acquisition process. Mr. Pearce also served as general counsel for a nationwide managed mental health company before establishing his own law practice.
Mr. Pearce has been a member of Rotary International for over twenty years. He served as Treasurer of Rotary International District 5870. He is past president of the Lakeway – Lake Travis Rotary Club and is currently a member of the Rotary Club of Northwest Austin. He served for over ten years as a member of the Board of Directors of the Texas Society of CPAs. Other past affiliations include serving as a member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer of the Capitol Area Council, Inc (Boy Scouts of America). He is also a member of the American Academy of Attorney-CPAs and the Austin Bar Association. John is a private pilot and flies a Beechcraft Bonanza 36.
FEARLESS BUSINESS OWNERSHIP
by Adrian Van Zelfden, Laura Sanders Fowler and John G. Pearce
If you are a business owner and you can only read one book this year, Fearless Business Ownership is that book! Written by two practicing attorney-CPAs and a trial lawyer, all of whom have successfully solved many problems faced by business owners. The authors have also owned and managed successful businesses themselves. Fearless Business Ownership empowers its readers to go forth and operate…WITHOUT FEAR!
A Day in the Professional Life…
While many turn to John for his skill and experience in tax, business and charitable organization law. John’s impressive history of service through charitable and civic organizations is well known to his close friends. John serves as treasurer of Fowler Family Foundation and for his entire adult life has been active in many charitable and professional organizations. One of his favorites is Angel Flight Central Southwest, which transports critically ill and medically fragile patients as well as blood and medicines to and from remote locations to major medical centers. John flew this Angel Flight beneficiary from a remote area of Texas to Houston to enable the patient to receive some of the best medical care in the world and then return to the comfort of his home in the same day. https://www.angelflightsc.org/
John Pearce has worked tirelessly with local Rotary Clubs and Rotary International for many decades, part of a multi generational family of Rotarians, holding offices as local club president Lakeway, District Treasurer, and most recently actually forming the Northwest Austin Rotary Club Foundation where he is currently a member. John also presents to each Northwest Austin Rotary Club member a Paul Harris Award for their service and contributions. Featured here is John Pearce awarding to Robert Hoofman.