Practice areas
Education
- The Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University, J.D., magna cum laude, 2001
- Dickinson Law Review, Comments Editor
- Woolsack Honor Society
- Lebanon Valley College, B.A., summa cum laude, 1998
John Coles is a member of the firm’s Financial Institutions, Corporate Finance & Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions practice groups and currently serves as Chair of the Real Estate practice group. He regularly assists business clients with a wide variety of general corporate issues, including such matters as entity formation, mergers and stock asset acquisitions. Mr. Coles has also provided counsel on commercial real estate, commercial leasing, planned communities, condominiums and the financing of all types of commercial transactions. He has also successfully represented clients involved in real estate tax assessment appeals throughout eastern Pennsylvania.
Mr. Coles also has experience in bankruptcy and workout situations, and works regularly with the firm’s commercial landlord clients who have been faced with tenant bankruptcies. He has also defended clients faced with bankruptcy preference claims and other adversary proceedings.
Bar & Court Admissions
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
Publications
- Author, Preserving Integrity: Why Pennsylvania's Independent Counsel Law is Working,104 Dick. L. Rev. 707
Professional & Community Affiliations
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Dauphin County Bar Association
- Member, Board of Directors, UCP of Central Pennsylvania
- Affiliate Member, Greater Harrisburg Association of Realtors
- Leadership Harrisburg Area Class of 2005