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John R. MacKay
Of Counsel

Roseland
Tel: 973.597.2416 | Fax: 973.597.2417


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John R. MacKay 2nd has more than 30 years of experience in business law, including corporate, banking and financial transactions. Mr. MacKay is listed among The Best Lawyers in America and Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the corporate and mergers & acquisitions sections.  In addition, Mr. Mackay was featured in the 2005 issue of New Jersey Super Lawyers in the Closely Held Business of the publication. 

He handles corporate and business planning and counseling matters, including:
  • Mergers, acquisitions and sales of business corporations
  • Formation, organization and operation of business corporations and banking associations
  • Resolution of shareholder disputes
  • Structuring of shareholder relationships

Mr. MacKay is author of the definitive guide to New Jersey corporate law and practice, New Jersey Business Corporations: Law and Practice (2nd ed. 1996).




  • Are You Your Client's Agent?
    New Jersey Law Journal, August 2, 2004
    John MacKay

  • Court Adopts Modified Business Judgment Rule
    New Jersey Law Journal, September 2, 2002
    John MacKay

  • Determining Oppressed Shareholder Rights
    New Jersey Law Journal, September 1999
    John MacKay

    wonderfully talented team exercises brilliant judgment and undertakes the most thorough research to ensure nothing slips through the cracks
    – Chambers USA Guide




    Corporate


    Education

    Rutgers University School of Law - Newark (LL.B., 1965), with honors, Editor-in-Chief, Rutgers Law Review
    Bowdoin College (A.B., 1956)


    Clerk Experience

    New Jersey Supreme Court, Honorable Joseph Weintraub 




    New Jersey




    • New Jersey Corporation Law Revision Commission
      • Chair (1978-1987)
      • Secretary (1969-1974)
    • Member, ABA Committee on Corporate Laws (Model Business Corporation Act) (1979-1986)
    • President, Newark Day Center (1975-1977)
    • Adjunct Faculty, Rutgers University School of Law (1978-1981; 1995)
    • President, Rutgers University School of Law Alumni Association (1980-1981)
    • Adjunct Faculty, Seton Hall University School of Law (1973-1975; 2000)
    • Trustee, United Way of Essex and West Hudson (1979-1986)
    • American Bar Association
    • New Jersey State Bar Association
    • Essex County Bar Association



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