John T. Carter,  JD, CM&AA 

Mr. Carter is one of the principal members of Insyght Legal, PLC. Mr. Carter’s practice focuses on helping entrepreneurs with business and capital formation, mergers and acquisitions, creating commercial agreements and implementing personalized succession plans. His passion is helping new entrepreneurs become leaders in their industry through asset acquisition and protection strategies, and enabling existing business owners to maximize the value of their businesses while achieving their retirement goals. As a result, a major part of his practice focuses on helping entrepreneurs prepare their businesses for transition to other family members, employees or outside third parties.

Mr. Carter is an active member of the Michigan Bar Association, the Detroit chapter of Association for Corporate Growth and the National Alliance of Mergers and Acquisitions. He is a speaker and guest lecturer at various business and entrepreneur organizations including the Oakland County Economic Development Center, MICPA and OU INC.  He also works with various Michigan-based organizations which serve Michigan’s advanced technology, human and health services and professional services sectors.

Prior to co-founding Insyght Legal, Mr. Carter was a Principal Member at Witzke Berry Carter and Wander, PLLC where he led the Commercial Transactions Group and worked with closely held and family owned businesses.  Prior to joining Witzke Berry, John was General Counsel and VP of Sales and Business Development at Learning Designs, Inc.  He implemented various “joint ventures, strategic alliances and licensing arrangements which enabled the company to increase its operating capacity and become a leader in the “e-learning” industry. John also worked to create an “employee management” system which allowed the company to utilize a “servant   leadership” model for monitoring and improving human performance, reducing cost and waste and increasing the bottom line. John continues to champion and encourage his clients to use of these modern management techniques.

Mr. Carter obtained a Bachelor of Arts from Michigan State University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Miami, FL. He also holds the professional designation of “CM&AA”, or Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor.