About John
John Flynn supports a variety of commercial clients in the finance sector, including national and state banks, insurance companies and institutional lenders. His practice regularly handles matters involving debtor and creditor rights, loan workouts and other loan transactions. He is especially focused on bankruptcy preference actions and asset-based lending and factoring for secured commercial loans.In addition, John is our firm’s chief counsel on environmental matters – helping his clients understand the sometimes significant and unanticipated implications of environmental law on personal and business planning, business organization, real estate transactions and creditor rights.John served as Carruthers & Roth’s managing director from 2003-2008. He currently is Associate Professor of Law at the Elon University School of Law.Before joining Carruthers & Roth, John was clerk for the Honorable Hiram H. Ward, a U.S. District Court judge for the Middle District of North Carolina.
John Flynn supports a variety of commercial clients in the finance sector, including national and state banks, insurance companies and institutional lenders. His practice regularly handles matters involving debtor and creditor rights, loan workouts and other loan transactions. He is especially focused on bankruptcy preference actions and asset-based lending and factoring for secured commercial loans.
In addition, John is our firm’s chief counsel on environmental matters – helping his clients understand the sometimes significant and unanticipated implications of environmental law on personal and business planning, business organization, real estate transactions and creditor rights.
John served as Carruthers & Roth’s managing director from 2003-2008. He currently is Associate Professor of Law at the Elon University School of Law.
Before joining Carruthers & Roth, John was clerk for the Honorable Hiram H. Ward, a U.S. District Court judge for the Middle District of North Carolina.
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Education
Professional Affiliations
Awards & Recognition
- Recognized: Environmental Law
- Elon Law School Student Bar Association Outstanding Service to Students Award, 2014
- PHI BETA KAPPA
- Wake Forest Law Review, Articles Editor
- Best Lawyers in America, 2013-2023
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated
- Business North Carolina: Legal Elite, 2008, 2011-2013, 2022