John Minor

John Minor
John Minor

John Minor is an attorney with Dalton’s largest law firm, The Minor Firm. The Minor Firm is the preeminent law firm in North Georgia, with expertise in a wide variety of legal areas. John has practiced for over 15 years, specializing in tax, complex estate and asset protection planning, corporate transactions, elder care planning, health care law, probate and estate administration, and guardianship law. John graduated Magna Cum Laude from Vanderbilt University in 2003 (B.Mus.), with majors in Music Composition and Theory and Cognitive Psychology. He received his Juris Doctorate from Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, in 2006. John is admitted to practice law as a member of the state bars of both Georgia and in Tennessee. He also values community involvement: John is active with multiple nonprofit organizations in our communities, and he regularly speaks to the community on various matters. An Eagle Scout, John is twice a past president of the Cherokee Area Estate Planning Counsel. He serves on the Ethics Committee of Hamilton Medical Center and is a graduate of both the Leadership Catoosa and the Leadership Dalton-Whitfield programs. A past board member of Looper Speech and Hearing Center, John now serves on multiple nonprofit boards, including the Creative Arts Guild of Dalton (current chairman), the Miracle League of Chattanooga (Founding Board Member), the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest Georgia, the Community Foundation of Northwest Georgia, the Greater Dalton Chamber of Commerce (incoming chair-elect), Dalton Little Theatre, and others. He is also a member of the Rotary Club of Dalton and the Dalton Civitan Club, and he has served on a previous campaign cabinet for the United Way of Northwest Georgia. John lives in Dalton with his wife, Charlsey (a renowned singer-songwriter), and two children, George, and Lillian.