John Flynt is a native of Jackson, Mississippi, and joined the firm in March 2005. He has a wide range of corporate legal experience and representation on complex commercial transactions.  John focuses his practice on providing general corporate advice, representing companies in mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, negotiating debt and equity financings, and advising on joint venture, corporate development and corporate restructuring matters. John has significant experience in the manufacturing and project development sectors. 

From August 1998 through January 2005, John held several positions in the legal department of a former New York Stock Exchange chemical manufacturer and served as an advisor to senior management and the board of directors.  In January 2004, John became General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the company and an officer. Upon his appointment as Associate General Counsel in January 2003, John assumed full responsibility for the legal affairs of the company. While at the company, John was the securities compliance officer with responsibility for SEC filings.  From May 2003 through December 2004, John managed the company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization case and negotiated the sale of the company, debtor-in-possession credit facilities, the sale of the company's mining operations, and the spin-off of a significant operating subsidiary to creditors.

John began his corporate law practice with the Jackson, Mississippi, law firm of Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A.

John is a 1996 magna cum laude graduate of the Cumberland School of Law of Samford University.  At Cumberland, he was a Presidential Scholar, a member of the Cumberland Law Review, received Scholar of Merit Awards for Evidence and Constitutional Law, and was selected by the faculty as a Cordell Hull Teaching Fellow.  Upon graduation, the Cumberland faculty awarded John its highest distinction for academic performance and contributions to the law school by inducting him into the academic society of Curia Honoris.

John and his wife Nell are active in many civic organizations in the Jackson community and have two daughters.

Representative Matters

• Co-manager of legal services and compliance to federal/state Hurricane Katrina grant administration program.
• Representation of State of Mississippi in connection with third-party development and financing of steel mill.
• Advising clients on financing, restructuring and joint venture matters.
• Acquisition of dormant manufacturing facility for conversion to new product line and related tolling manufacturing agreement.
• Negotiation of condominium and commercial development projects.
• Acquisition of sand and gravel business.
• Negotiation of industrial product terminal operations agreement for publicly-traded manufacturer.
• Negotiation of industrial product tolling manufacturing agreement and related sales and distribution agreements for publicly-traded manufacturer.
• Advising clients on financing development projects through Mississippi Business Finance Corporation bond issues.
• Negotiation of lease-purchase of client’s commercial printing facilities.
• Negotiation of financing for client’s acquisition of bulk storage facility.  
• Negotiation of loan workout and related sale of retirement home business.
• Negotiation of minority investment in retail chain.
• Acquisition and disposition of timber interests.
• Advising contractor on public financing for construction of prison facility.
• Negotiation of commercial real estate acquisitions and dispositions.

Community & Professional Activities

• Mississippi Bar Association (Member, Business Law Section; Chairman - 2001-2002, Vice-Chairman - 2000-2001, Secretary/Treasurer - 1999-2000)
• American Bar Association (Member, Business Law Section)
• Mississippi Secretary of State's Division of Policy & Research Securities Committee (2008-2009)
• Mississippi Secretary of State’s Business Law Advisory Group (Member, 2002-2007)
• Mississippi Corporate Counsel Association (President - 2003, Vice-President - 2002, Secretary/Treasurer - 2001, Director - 2000)
• Cumberland School of Law Advisory Board (Member, 2006-Present)
• Cumberland School of Law, Annual Capital Campaign (Class President, 2005-2006)
• Cumberland School of Law Alumni Club of Mississippi (Member, President - 1997-2003)