John's career in
legal services spans nearly three decades. From 1970 to 1980, he worked at Southern
Arizona Legal Aid in Tucson, Arizona, first as a staff attorney and then as the program's
Executive Director. He twice worked for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC). From 1980 to
1984, he served as Regional Counsel for the Denver Regional Office. From January 1994 to
June 1998, he served as LSC's Director and Vice-President for Program Operations. From
1984 to 1994, he worked as a self-employed consultant assisting legal services programs,
bar associations, courts and other law related institutions with the delivery of legal
services to the poor. He is currently working as a consultant.
John has written extensively on legal services delivery. He was the
principal draftsperson of the Standards for Providers of Civil Legal Services to the
Poor (adopted by the American Bar Association in 1986) and Standards for the
Monitoring and Evaluation of Providers of Legal Services to the Poor (adopted by the
American Bar Association in 1991).