About John
Mr. Carpenter's primary practice areas include tax, estate planning and probate law, IRS tax controversy, asset protection planning, business mergers and acquisitions, and commercial real estate law. He is a NC Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law. Mr. Carpenter specializes in estate planning, estate administration, representing clients before the IRS, asset protection planning, and sophisticated real-estate tax-deferral strategies, including capital gain maximization planning, Section 1031 like-kind exchanges and reverse exchange techniques. He has assisted numerous clients with IRS tax controversies, asset protection planning, and in sophisticated tax, estate planning and probate matters, business mergers and acquisitions, and commercial real estate transactions. Mr. Carpenter has been successful in applying a multi-disciplinary approach in advising his clients how to structure their transactions to minimize the tax effect and to preserve assets for their families. Mr. Carpenter has published articles and served as a speaker in various professional capacities, including Section 1031 like-kind exchanges, reverse exchanges and estate planning topics.
Mr. Carpenter's primary practice areas include tax, estate planning and probate law, IRS tax controversy, asset protection planning, business mergers and acquisitions, and commercial real estate law. He is a NC Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law. Mr. Carpenter specializes in estate planning, estate administration, representing clients before the IRS, asset protection planning, and sophisticated real-estate tax-deferral strategies, including capital gain maximization planning, Section 1031 like-kind exchanges and reverse exchange techniques. He has assisted numerous clients with IRS tax controversies, asset protection planning, and in sophisticated tax, estate planning and probate matters, business mergers and acquisitions, and commercial real estate transactions. Mr. Carpenter has been successful in applying a multi-disciplinary approach in advising his clients how to structure their transactions to minimize the tax effect and to preserve assets for their families.
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Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation and Controversy - Tax, Charlotte (2026)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation and Controversy - Tax, Charlotte (2021)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Trusts and Estates, Charlotte (2019)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation and Controversy - Tax, Charlotte (2016)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Trusts and Estates, Charlotte (2015)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation and Controversy - Tax, Charlotte (2014)
- Recognized: Litigation - Trusts and Estates
- Recognized: Litigation and Controversy - Tax
- Recognized: Real Estate Law
- Recognized: Tax Law
- Recognized: Trusts and Estates
- Special Focus: Asset Protection
- Special Focus: Bankruptcy
- Special Focus: Business and Succession Planning
- Special Focus: Estate Administration
- Special Focus: Estate Planning
- Special Focus: Fiduciary Tax
- Special Focus: Income Tax
- Special Focus: Insurance Planning
- Special Focus: Mergers & Acquisitions
- Special Focus: Partnership
- Special Focus: Probate
- Special Focus: Real Estate
- Special Focus: State and Local Tax
- Special Focus: Succession Planning
- Special Focus: Tax
- Special Focus: Tax Disputes
- Special Focus: Tax Planning
- Special Focus: Trusts and Estates
- Selected as one of the Best Lawyers in America in the area of Taxation (2008 - 2016)
- Recognized as a "Legal Elite" a list of the top 2.9% of lawyers in North Carolina compiled by Business North Carolina Magazine (2008, 2010, 2012 - 2015)
- North Carolina Super Lawyer, Taxation by Super Lawyers magazine (2006 - 2016)
- Best Lawyers - 2016 Lawyer of the Year - Litigation and Controversy - Tax - Charlotte, NC
- Best Lawyers - 2015 Lawyer of the Year - Litigation - Trusts and Estates - Charlotte, NC
- Best Lawyers - 2014 Lawyer of the Year - Litigation and Controversy - Tax - Charlotte, NC