John M. Campbell, Jr. has been a partner of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP since 1988.  He has worked extensively in the executive compensation area with for-profit corporations and tax-exempt organizations.  In the tax-exempt arena, he has advised ten (10) hospitals in two (2) states, ten (10) colleges or universities in six (6) states and numerous South Carolina water districts, sewer authorities and fire districts on executive compensation matters.  He also has substantial experience in working as legal counsel to corporate and not-for-profit boards of directors. 

 

A member of the South Carolina Bar, the District of Columbia Bar and the State Bar of Georgia, Mr. Campbell is admitted to practice before the U.S. Tax Court.  Mr. Campbell is a Certified Specialist in Taxation Law, a distinction awarded by the Supreme Court of South Carolina.  He is a member of the Southern Pension Conference and is the author of How the Professional Athlete Can Score Tax Savings, Prentice-Hall Inc. 1979.  He was a certified contract advisor for the National Football League Players' Association for over ten (10) years.

 

Mr. Campbell earned a Master of Laws in Taxation from Georgetown University in 1978, a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1975.  He attended the University of Bristol, in Bristol, England on a Rotary International postgraduate scholarship, and earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, summa cum laude, from Furman University in 1971.