John M. Flynn

John M. Flynn

Greensboro, NC recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013
Carruthers & Roth PA

9 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Environmental Law

Biography

John Flynn supports a variety of commercial clients in the finance sector, including national and state banks, insurance companies and institutional lenders. His practice regularly handles matters involving debtor and creditor rights, loan workouts and other loan transactions. He is especially focused on bankruptcy preference actions and asset-based lending and factoring for secured commercial loans.

In addition, John is our firm’s chief counsel on environmental matters – helping his clients understand the sometimes significant and unanticipated implications of environmental law on personal and business planning, business organization, real estate transactions and creditor rights.

John served as Carruthers & Roth’s managing director from 2003-2008. He currently is Associate Professor of Law at the Elon University School of Law.

Before joining Carruthers & Roth, John was clerk for the Honorable Hiram H. Ward, a U.S. District Court judge for the Middle District of North Carolina.

Carruthers & Roth PA

9 Best Lawyers awards

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Overview

  • Wake Forest University, J.D. , graduated 1990
  • Wake Forest University, BA, graduated 1987

  • North Carolina, North Carolina Bar Association 1990

  • American Bar Association - Member
  • North Carolina Bar Association, Law Practice Management Section - Council Member
  • Risk Management Association - Member
  • Turnaround Management Association - Board of Directors
  • North Carolina, North Carolina Bar Association 1990
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • North Carolina Bar Association, Law Practice Management Section - Council Member
  • Risk Management Association - Member
  • Turnaround Management Association - Board of Directors
  • Wake Forest University, J.D. , graduated 1990
  • Wake Forest University, BA, graduated 1987

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Environmental Law
Awards:
  • Elon Law School Student Bar Association Outstanding Service to Students Award, 2014
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Wake Forest Law Review, Articles Editor
  • Best Lawyers in America, 2013-2023
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated
  • Business North Carolina: Legal Elite, 2008, 2011-2013, 2022

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Case History

Cases
  • Representative Cases
  • Represented a large consumer goods importer in a bankruptcy preference action involving debtors trying to recover payments made prior to a bankruptcy filing.
  • Represented a small asset-based lender and a small factoring firm in multiple transactions involving a variety of borrowers.

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