About Us
John Finnucan
Phone: 330.571.0149
Fax: 330.877.2276
Email: jfinnucan.jf@gmail.com
Educational Background
Internal Revenue
Extensive experience in representation before the Internal Revenue Service, including Tax Court representation, preparing tax assessment reductions, and developing Estate and Income Tax strategies to reduce taxes.
General Business
Developing business structure programs: whether to incorporate, to form a Limited Liability company, to elect Sub-chapter S status, or to form a general partnership or limited partnership. Analysis and recommendation of pension strategies depending on the objectives of the client. Developing estate and gift strategies for individuals and business owners.
Oil and Gas Development
Applying the Ohio Dormant Mineral Act to determine ownership of oil and gas rights.
Analyzing Oil and Gas Lease Issues
Royalty Analysis and Compliance
Pipeline Negotiation
Phone: 330.571.0149
Fax: 330.877.2276
Email: jfinnucan.jf@gmail.com
Educational Background
- Masters of Science in Accounting received in 1975 from the University of Akron
- Juris Doctorate in 1992 from the University of Akron
- Master of Taxation in 1994 from the University of Akron
- Licensed Attorney and Certified Public Accounting in Ohio
- Managing Partner for Bruner Cox for nine years
Internal Revenue
Extensive experience in representation before the Internal Revenue Service, including Tax Court representation, preparing tax assessment reductions, and developing Estate and Income Tax strategies to reduce taxes.
General Business
Developing business structure programs: whether to incorporate, to form a Limited Liability company, to elect Sub-chapter S status, or to form a general partnership or limited partnership. Analysis and recommendation of pension strategies depending on the objectives of the client. Developing estate and gift strategies for individuals and business owners.
Oil and Gas Development
Applying the Ohio Dormant Mineral Act to determine ownership of oil and gas rights.
- Providing abstracting services to determine the ownership chain of the surface estate, the oil and gas estate and the coal estate.
- Preparing Notices of Abandonment, including ancestry analysis, and probate estate analysis.
- Preparing Affidavits of Abandonment
- Preparing Notices of Failure to File.
Analyzing Oil and Gas Lease Issues
- Filing lease forfeiture claims, including filing complaints in the Court of Common Pleas.
- Analysis of lease breaches.
- Preparing and filing of lease assignments.
- Preparing and filing of lease releases.
Royalty Analysis and Compliance
- Analysis of lease royalty provisions.
- Analysis of lessee compliance with lease terms.
- Litigation in cases of non-compliance.
Pipeline Negotiation
- Review and modification of pipeline agreements.
- Negotiation of pipeline agreements.