Background
Coleman, John Michael was born on December 28, 1949 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Royston Coleman and Mary Norrington Irwin.
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Coleman, John Michael was born on December 28, 1949 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Royston Coleman and Mary Norrington Irwin.
Bachelor, Haverford (Pennsylvania) College, 1975; Juris Doctor, University of Chicago, 1978.
Law clerk to judge The United States of America Court Appeals, Richmond, Virginia, 1978-1979. Law clerk to chief justice Warren Burger Supreme Court of the United States Court, Washington, 1980-1981. Associate Dechert Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, 1981-1986, partner, 1986-1989.
Vice president, general counsel Campbell Soup Company, Camden, New Jersey, 1989-1990, senior vice president law public affairs, 1990-1997. Senior vice president, general counsel The Gillette Company, Boston, 1997-1999. Managing director, Chief Executive Officer, Cambridge (Massachusetts) Capital Partners LLP, 1999-2000, chairman, Chief Executive Officer, 2000—2005, Matlack Capital Partners, LLC, Moorestown, New Jersey, since 2005.
Adjunct professor law University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1985-1988. Board directors CDI Corporation, National Cancer Institute Consulting, Inc.
Chairman board trustees Campbell Soup Foundation, 1990-1997. Trustee New Jersey State Aquarium, 1991-1994, Food and Drug Law Institute, 1991-1998, Institute for Law and Economics, 1993-1997, American Judicature Society, since 1995. Member visiting committee University Chicago Law School, 1993-1995.
Member corporation Haverford College, since 1994. Board directors The Guidance Center, treasurer, 2000-2004. Member American Law Institute, Order of the Coif, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Susan Lee Lavine, October 29, 1978. Children: William L., Anne H. L.