John Porter

Ranked in 3 Practice Areas

Band 1

Private Wealth Disputes

Texas

2 Years Ranked

Band 1

Private Wealth Disputes

USA - Nationwide

2 Years Ranked

Band 2

Tax: Private Client

USA - Nationwide

1 Years Ranked

Ranked in Guides

USA 2024

About

Provided by John Porter

High Net Worth

Practice Areas

John’s practice focuses on tax and fiduciary litigation. He represents taxpayers in sophisticated estate, gift, and income tax controversy matters, including audits, IRS appeals, and litigation. He also provides legal counsel on estate planning issues for high net-worth individuals to best position their estate plan against IRS challenge. John has served as lead counsel for the taxpayer in some of the most significant published transfer tax decisions in the last twenty-five years, including Petter, Christiansen, McCord, and Hendrix (upholding formula clauses used to transfer hard to value assets), Bongard, Stone, Murphy, Black, and Schutt (rejecting IRS attempts to apply 2036 to family entities), Jelke, Dunn, Kerr, Jameson, Davis and Richmond (built-in capital gains discount when valuing stock), Steinberg (approving the net-net gift discount), and Litman/Diener (valuation of restricted stock and reasonable reliance defense to IRS penalties).

Professional Memberships

John is a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and the American College of Tax Counsel and a board certified specialist in probate, trust and estate law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Publications

Frequent speaker, author regarding federal tax controversy issues, including business valuation.

Personal

JD (cum laude), Baylor Law School, 1986, BBA, accounting, Texas A&M University, 1982.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

HNW

Private Wealth Disputes - Texas

Band 1

Individual Editorial

John Porter handles complex estate tax audit, controversy, and litigation work for wealthy individuals and prominent businesses.

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Private Wealth Disputes - USA - Nationwide

Band 1

Individual Editorial

John Porter of Baker Botts represents high net worth clients in tax controversy matters. His clients include fiduciaries and beneficiaries, and he advises on trust administration and fiduciary duties.

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Tax: Private Client - USA - Nationwide

Band 2

Individual Editorial

John Porter is a well regarded tax controversy practitioner operating from the firm's Houston office.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

I am always impressed with John. He has uncommon judgement about when a client should settle and when they should go forward. He has very high-profile cases and is the go-to litigator in Texas.