John Mackie,
Biography
Mr. Mackie began his law career in public service at San Francisco's Department of City Planning. He later worked with the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) on industrial siting and went on to serve in the Governor's Office of Planning and Research. He completed his government tenure as Deputy Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing for the State of California. In the latter capacity, he served as an ex-officio member of the California Coastal Commission. Mr. Mackie has always had a strong interest in wine and food and served as president of the Berkeley Wine and Food Society and is the proprietor of Mackie Family Wines. He brought this passion into his private law practice, establishing a Wine and Food practice for the firm of Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon in 1990. Mr. Mackie has been a Partner in the law firms of Freytag and LaForce, Bronson, and Marron-Reid. His practice currently emphasizes wine and food law, business organization and finance, mergers and acquisitions, real estate development and land use regulation. Mr. Mackie represents startup companies, corporations, financial institutions, agricultural concerns, food manufacturers and retailers, wineries, suppliers and trade organizations. Mr. Mackie also advises a number of non-profit clients. Mr. Mackie helped to found Carle, Mackie, Power & Ross LLP in 1998, served as its Managing Partner for a number of years and chairs the Transactional Practice Group and the Food and Beverage Group.