John J. Pico, B.A., J.D.

Mr. Pico has been advising automobile dealers since 1972 and through six decades has completed over 1,000 automobile dealership transactions. In 1982, he retired from the practice of law to specialize in advising dealers buying and selling dealerships, and has been employed by dealers, lenders, courts and investors to consult in a myriad dealership purchase and sale transactions whose combined values exceed One Billion Dollars!

Mr. Pico has served as the “Court Appointed Consultant to Debtor” in bankruptcy cases, the “Court Appointed Mediator” in automotive disputes, the “Court Appointed Arbitrator / Appraiser” in partnership disputes, the “Court Approved Consultant to Receiver” in a check-kiting case, as a “Superior Court Mediator” in dealership/lender litigation and has been recognized as an expert witness on both State and Federal levels.Mr. Pico has consulted on upside-down positions of over $50 Million, out of trust position of over $4 Million and a bank overdraft of $30 Million. Mr. Pico authored the nation’s first book on Buying and Selling Automobile Dealerships.  A recognized expert in the field of buying, selling and investing in automobile dealerships, his automotive articles have appeared in over one hundred fifty countries and have been published in ten different languages.

Sample of Speaking Engagements

• Speaker, Auto Lender’s Roundtable (Dallas)

• Speaker, AutoCPA Group Annual Meeting (Cancun)

• Speaker, Hastings College of Law (San Francisco)

• Speaker, Stanford School of Law (Palo Alto)

• Speaker, California Department of Motor Vehicles (San Francisco)

• Speaker, Auto Controller’s Round Table (San Antonio)

• Speaker, San Mateo County Trial Lawyers Association (San Mateo)

Radio and Television Interviews

• Guest Host, KCSM-TV’s “Justice Forum.”

• Guest, ABC’S Art Findlay Show, KGO Radio, San Francisco

• Interviewee, ABC’S KGO-TV, San Francisco

• Guest, KABL Radio Opinion 79

• Producer for Debate between Ralph Nadar and Congressman Leo Ryan

Newspaper and Magazine Interviews

• The Kiplinger Letter- More Tough Times Ahead For Car Dealerships

• Automotive News See: Publications and Certifications page a for list of Interviews

• Ward’s Dealer Business – Crime and the Modern Dealership (Fraud and Embezzlement)

• The San Francisco Examiner

• The San Mateo Times

• San Francisco Chronicle

• The San Francisco Examiner

Additional Background Information

Education: Mr. Pico began his undergraduate work at Long Island University’s C.W. Post Campus, in Brookville, New York and completed it at Chapman University, Orange, California, where received his Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Political Science. Mr. Pico was pursuing his Master of Arts at Chapman when he left to obtain his Juris Doctorate (Doctorate of Law) from University of California, Hastings College of Law, San Francisco.

Military: Active Duty: 05 Jul 65 through 31 Dec 68 – 15th Air Force, Strategic Air Command

Highest Security Clearance: TOP SECRET

Highest Decoration: Air Force Commendation Medal (Awarded 20 Nov 68).

Member:

• American Legion Post 71, Denton, TX;

• Commander’s Club, Disabled American Veterans;

• USO.

Past Directorships: 

• Burlington Kiwanis;

• San Mateo Optimist Club;

• San Mateo County Trial Lawyers Association

Past Social Memberships:

• Peninsula Golf & Country Club, San Mateo, CA;

• Glenmore Country Club, Cherry Hills Village, CO.

Other Past Memberships:

• International Footprinter Association;

• Republican Presidential Task Force;

• World Trade Council;

• Forum Committee on Construction Industry.

Former Representative: 

• San Mateo Police Officer’s Association;
  

• Brotherhood of Railway & Airlines Clerks.

Past Presidencies:

• The San Mateo Business Club
  

• Starwood Realty, Inc.

• Pico Law Corporation

• Aspen Brokerage Company, Inc.

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