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Jack Garson (born December 19, 1960) is the founder of Garson Claxton LLC and leads the firm’s business and real estate practice groups. Jack serves as a legal advisor for numerous local, regional and national companies, focusing on business transactions, commercial real estate, commercial leasing, and construction law. He is also a US author of How to Build a Business and Sell It for Millions published by St. Martin’s Press in March 2010.

Early Life
Jack graduated with honors from both the George Washington University National Law Center and the University of Maryland.

At 27, he became the youngest partner ever at a prestigious D.C. area law firm. A decade later, Jack founded his own firm. At Garson Claxton, Jack represents everyone from international defense contractors to national developers to local mom-and-pop restaurants.

Career
Jack serves as legal and strategic advisor for numerous national, regional and local companies, helping them overcome challenges, grow, succeed and sell.

Jack and his wife Marcy live in Potomac, Maryland.

In addition, Jack is a member of the Board of Directors of the prestigious Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, which oversees Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport.

How To Build A Business and Sell It For Millions, from St. Martin’s Press, is Jack’s first book. He also writes “The Legal Edge,” a monthly business law column for SmartCEO magazine, a leading business publication in the Washington, D.C. region. In addition, he has authored numerous business and legal columns for an assortment of other publications including: Gazette, Washington Business Journal, Chain Store Age, Law Journal Newsletters, and Shopping Center Business. He currently writes a blog, businessbygarson.com about current business issues.

Works
How To Build A Business and Sell It For Millions, from St. Martin’s Press

“The Legal Edge,” a monthly business law column for SmartCEO magazine

Honors
For almost two decades, Jack has received a Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating of "AV"

He was chosen as a Super Lawyer in Maryland and the District of Columbia in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.