John E. Christopher - a Cincinnati, Ohio (OH) Nonprofit Organizations Lawyer

Cincinnati Nonprofit Organizations Lawyer

Updated: 03/10/2026

Areas of Practice

Nonprofit Organizations
Business Organizations
Tax
Estate Planning

Attorney Information

Overview

John E. Christopher is a partner at Manley Burke, LPA. He primarily practices in the areas of nonprofit organizations, business organizations, tax, and estate planning.

John's tax focused education and his years of experience in working with a broad variety of nonprofit organizations (both charities and non-charities) allow him to provide focused, relevant and usable legal advice to his nonprofit clients in all phases of their operations, from creation and start up through termination. More specifically, he represents operating and non-operating private foundations ranging from those affiliated with Fortune 100listed companies to small family foundations. His public charity representation covers all varieties of public charities. He has represented hospitals and hospital-supporting organizations, national church foundations, college and university-affiliated organizations, museums, arts organizations, cultural organizations, community organizations, ministries, youth sports organizations and national fraternal organizations and their related foundations, among many other mission-driven organizations. John's experience in representing nonprofit clients includes corporate governance and fund stewardship, domestic and foreign grant-making, maintaining the corporate integrity of affiliated organizations, policy and procedure drafting and review, self-dealing and excess benefits transactions review and guidance, and representation of organizations facing IRS audit. He is a frequent author and has presented at numerous seminars, institutes and client training programs.

John's representation of for-profit enterprises is similarly broad-based and varied. He advises closely held for-profit companies, including corporations and limited liability companies, across a broad spectrum of issues including tax-efficient operations and transactions, corporate governance, corporate "best practices," and mergers and acquisitions.

John works with individuals and families to help transition family businesses and assets during life and at death in a tax-efficient manner while keeping the clien's goals the priority. His estate planning clients range from new parents with relatively simple needs to large estates and those with sensitive or complex issues.

Before joining Manley Burke, John was a partner in the Cincinnati office of Dinsmore & Shohl LLP.

Awards and Honors

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Honors

Named Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Star by Law and Politics Media, 2005 - 2007
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Non-Profit/Charities Law, 2007 - 2008

Other Sources of Feedback About John E. Christopher

Included on the 2007Ohio Super Lawyers list

Past Lists

2006 Ohio Super Lawyers list
2005 Ohio Super Lawyers list

Education

Legal Education
- Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Highland Heights, Kentucky, 1993
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
- University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, 1994
  LL.M
  Major: Taxation
Non Legal Education
- University of Kentucky, Kentucky, 1990
  B.A.

Current Employment Position(s)

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Partner
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Past Positions

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Partner

Published Works

Articles

Legislative and Political Activities of Charities, Southwestern Ohio Tax Institute, December, 2006
Legal Developments Affecting Non-Profits, BKD Strategic Planning for Not-for-Profits, November, 2006
ABC's of Nonprofits, No Brown Bag Series, Cincinnati Bar Association, November, 2006
Charity Reform and Giving Incentives in the Pension Protection Act of 2006 and the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 General Highlights, August, 2006
Giving Incentives and Charity Reform in the Pension Protection Act of 2006, August, 2006
Loss of Exemption Under Group Ruling Requires Full Re-Application, January 6, 2010

Bar Admissions

Kentucky, 1994
Ohio, 1995
U.S. Tax Court

Other Affiliations

Ohio State Bar Association
Kentucky Bar Association
American Bar Association
Hyde Park Community Methodist Church (Board of Trustees )
St. Aloysius Orphanage (Board of Trustees)
Foundation Advisory Network of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation

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Contact

Cincinnati, OH

225 West Court Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202

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Phone: (513) 763-6750

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Website: http://www.manleyburke.com

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