Squire Patton Boggs

John F. Shelley

Senior Counsel

About John

John Shelley has significant experience in trusts and estates and personal wealth planning including such related matters as asset protection planning, maximizing the value of deferred compensation and retirement plan benefits, executive compensation, charitable giving and the representation of nonprofit organizations.

John also represents physicians, medical practices and medical specialty societies. He chairs the firm’s technology committee.

John is a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. He is active in the Estate Planning Council of Greater Cleveland, the Law Technology Roundtable and the Cleveland Will & Trust Group. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 2005 and was selected by Law & Politics magazine as an Ohio Super Lawyer.

Credentials

Education
  • Harvard University, LL.B., cum laude, 1968
  • Harvard University, A.B., cum laude, 1965
Admissions
  • Ohio, 1968
Courts
  • U.S. Dist. Ct., N. Dist. of Ohio

Expertise

Services
  • Tax Strategy & Benefits

About our firm

One of the world’s strongest integrated law firms, providing insight at the point where law, business and government meet. We deliver commercially focused business solutions by combining our legal, lobbying and political capabilities and invaluable connections on the ground to a diverse mix of clients, from long-established leading corporations to emerging businesses, startup visionaries and sovereign nations. More than 1,500 lawyers in over 40 offices across four continents provide unrivaled access to expertise.