John B. Magee focuses on tax controversy with a general emphasis on complex domestic and international issues and a particular emphasis on transfer pricing issues. His transfer pricing experience includes extensive involvement with the identification, valuation, and movement of intangible properties in a wide range of industries. His more than 30 years’ experience includes all aspects of income tax planning, Internal Revenue Service administrative proceedings, and tax litigation. John has been rated in Chambers USA Band 1 - National Tax Controversy since the category was established.
John tries cases in the US Tax Court, the US Court of Federal Claims, and the US District Courts and argues before the US Court of Appeals. He has represented in docketed cases, among others, Amazon.com, B.F. Goodrich, Boeing, The Coca-Cola Company, The Dow Chemical Company, ExxonMobil, General Electric, GlaxoSmithKline, Marriott Corporation, and the Weyerhaeuser Company. Recognized by Chambers USA as “world-class tax litigator,” John is described as a “superb trial lawyer who knows how to talk to courts and fight the government,” and “a veteran with superb insight.” John has been named a leading tax lawyer by various publications for more than a decade and is celebrated by peers for bringing “a very high-quality manner of presentation” to his work. John is also the recipient of the International Tax Review’s 2016 Americas Transfer Pricing Practice Leader of the Year Award.
John taught “Introduction to Transfer Pricing” as an adjunct professor in the Graduate Tax Program of Georgetown University Law Center for a number of years and speaks extensively in various tax forums. He is a member of the American Law Institute and the American College of Tax Counsel.
Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, John was a partner in the corporate practice of another international law firm, where he was leader of the tax practice.
Most recent docketed cases include the following:
Recognized, Best Law Firms for Corporate Tax, United States (Highly Recommended), Leaders League and Décideurs (2021)
Recommended, Tax: US taxes: non-contentious, The Legal 500 US (2019)
Recognized, Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Washington, DC, The Best Lawyers in America (2012–2015, 2017–2020)
Recognized, Tax Law, Washington, DC, The Best Lawyers in America (2010–2011, 2013–2015, 2017, 2019, 2020)
Hall of Fame, Tax: US taxes: contentious, The Legal 500 US (2020)
Leading Lawyer, Tax: US taxes: contentious, The Legal 500 US (2018, 2019)
Inducted, Legal 500 Hall of Fame, The Legal 500 US (2017)
Leading Lawyer, Tax Controversy, The Legal 500 US (2011–present)
Band 1, Tax: Controversy, Nationwide, Chambers USA (2018–2020)
Band 1, Tax, District of Columbia, Chambers USA (2018–2020)
Ranked, Tax: Controversy, Nationwide, Chambers USA (2006–2017)
Ranked, Tax, District of Columbia, Chambers USA (2002–2017)
Member, Practice Group of the Year, Tax, Law360 (2017)
Leading Advisor, Tax Controversy, International Tax Review’s Tax Controversy Leaders Guide (2017)
Top Lawyer, Washingtonian magazine (2017)
Recognized, Who’s Who Legal (2016)
Americas Transfer Pricing Practice Leader of the Year Award, International Tax Review (2016)
Recognized, International Tax Review’s World Tax (2005–2014)
Recognized, Washington, DC Super Lawyers (2007–2014)
Recognized, International Who’s Who of Corporate Tax Lawyers (2013)
The Best of the Best, Euromoney’s Legal Media Group’s Guide to the World’s Leading Lawyers (2011)
Ranked, Chambers Global, Tax (2001–2006)
Recognized, Euromoney’s Legal Media Group’s Guide to the World’s Leading Lawyers, Tax Advisers
Recognized, Euromoney’s Legal Media Group’s Guide to the World’s Leading Lawyers, Transfer Pricing Advisers
Practical Law Company’s Cross-Border Tax on Transactions Handbook
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