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jmackie@cmprlaw.com
Practice Focus
Wine and food law, business organization and finance, mergers
and acquisitions, real estate development and environmental
regulation.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Claremont
McKenna College 1970
Juris Doctorate, Boalt Hall, University of California, Berkeley
1973
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Experience
John Mackie began his law
career in public service at San Francisco's Department of City
Planning, where he was instrumental in drafting the city's first
subdivision ordinance and redrafting the residential zoning
ordinance. He later worked with the Association of Bay Area
Governments (ABAG) on industrial siting and went on to serve in the
Governor's Office of Planning and Research. He completed his
government tenure as Deputy Secretary of Business, Transportation
and Housing for the State of California. Mr. Mackie has always
had a strong interest in wine and food and served as president of
the Berkeley Food and Wine Society. He brought this passion
into his private law practice, establishing a Wine and Food Group
for the firm of Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon in 1990. Mr.
Mackie has also been a partner in the law firms of Freytag and
LaForce, Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, and Marron-Reid. His
practice currently emphasizes wine and food law, business
organization and finance, mergers and acquisitions, real estate
development and environmental regulation. Mr. Mackie
represents startup companies, corporations, financial institutions,
agricultural concerns, food manufacturers and retailers, wineries,
industry organizations and suppliers. Mr. Mackie also
represents a number of non-profit clients. Mr. Mackie helped
to found Carle, Mackie, Power & Ross LLP in 1998 and serves as its
Managing Partner.
Professional and Community Activities
- Founding Board Member and President, Sonoma County Food and Wine
Center
- Founding Board Member and Secretary, North Bay Angels
- Member, Community Foundation Sonoma County, Arts Task Force
- Founding Board Member and Secretary, Alliance for Contemporary Art
- Member, Sonoma County Slow Food Convivium
- President, Rincon Valley Charter School Board of Directors
- Member and Volunteer Legal Advisor, Sonoma Valley Vintners and
- Growers Alliance, Bennett Valley Growers
- Volunteer Legal Advisor,
- Alexander Valley Winegrowers Association
- Volunteer Legal Advisor, WineVision
- Volunteer Legal Advisor, Sonoma County Culinary Guild
- Volunteer Legal Advisor, Art Start
- Member, Program Committee, California CPA Society, Wine Industry
Conference
- Member, Program Committee, Vineyard Economics Seminar
- Member, Program Committee, Wine Industry Financial Symposium
- Former Board Member, Sonoma County Humane Society
- Former Board Member, Wells Fargo Center for the Performing Arts
- Former Board Member and Vice President, Museum of Contemporary Art
at LBC
- Former Member, Sonoma State University Wine Business Program Advisory Panel
- Former Member, Sutter Santa Rosa Medical Center Siting Committee
- Former Board Member, Sonoma County Museum
Honors
- Named a Northern California
- Super Lawyer by San Francisco Magazine
- Leadership San Francisco participant
Publications
- Co-authored the chapter on the United States for Kluwer Publishing's
International Food and Beverage Law.
- Authored article on
conservation easements for the wine industry in Practical Winery and
Vineyards.
Speaking Engagements
- Sonoma County Society of Management
Accountants, speaker on “Venture Financing,” 1999
- North Bay World Trade Association, organized and moderated panels on
International Trade and the American Wine Industry, 2001 and 2005
North Bay Angels, speaker on “Structuring the Deal,” 2002
- Practical Winery and Vineyards Magazine 2003 industry conference,
“Growers Rights in Bankruptcy”
- Dollar and Sense Conference, Sonoma County Grapegrowers, Panelist,
2006
- Periodic speaker and moderator, Wine Industry Financial Symposium
and Vineyard Economics Seminar
- Periodic speaker and moderator, California CPA Society, Wine
Industry Conference
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