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John may be our most well-educated and broadly-experienced lawyer. He certainly holds more degrees and more distinguished teaching awards than anyone we have managed to attract. While continuing to serve as an active member of the political science faculty at Arizona State and teaching on an adjunct basis at the ASU College of Law, John has developed a vital criminal defense and corporate internal investigation practice. He is also the in-coming President of Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice -- the statewide criminal defense organization -- and regularly provides teaching services to Arizona's judges through the Arizona Judicial College. John also finds time to write articles on a broad range of criminal and constitutional law topics. Most recently he served as the reporter for a national program on wrongful convictions sponsored by the American Judicature Society on whose Board he serves. His wife, Stacey, and his daughter, Alexandra, still claim to see him occasionally.
Education
J.D., with distinction, Stanford University, 1990
Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 1977
M.A., Political Science, Marshall University, 1973
B.A., magna cum laude, Political Science, Marshall University, 1971
Professional Recognitions and Awards
Distinguished Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts and Science, Arizona State University, 2004
Presidential Commendation, Arizona Attorney for Criminal Justice, 2001
Commendation from Commission on Judicial Conduct, 1998
Outstanding Teaching Award, Associate Students of Arizona State University, 1993 & 1994
Outstanding Teacher Award, Department of Political Science, Arizona State University, 1985 & 1993
Practice Areas
Criminal Defense
Litigation
Bar Admissions
Arizona 1994
Court Admissions
Arizona Supreme Court
Arizona Federal District Court
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
Professional Activities
President Elect of Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice
Board Member of American Judicature Society
Member of Arizona Capital Case Commission, 2000-2002
Member of Arizona Judicial College
State Bar of Arizona, Indigent Task Force
Member, Midwest Political Science Association
Community Activities
Teaching: Arizona State University, Political Science, Professor, 1976-1997, Specializing in the legal system, constitutional law, political statistics and research, methods
Stanford University Visiting Professor of Political Science, (Constitutional Law) 1990
Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Arizona State University, 1997-present
Adjunct Professor of Law, Arizona State University, 2001-present
Publications and Presentations
Law and Society: Readings on the Social Study of Law, Norton and Company, 1995, (with Stewart MacCaulay and Lawrence Friedman)
Shaping America: The Politics of Supreme Court Nominations, Harper-Collins, 1995 (with George Watson)
"A Cooperative Model for Preventing Wrongful Convictions," Judicature, Vol. 87 No. 4 (January-February 2004), pp. 159-165
"Popular Culture and The Death Penalty," The Defender, July 2000 (Co-Author)
"Arizona's Crisis in Indigent Capital Representation," Arizona Attorney, 1998 (Co-author)
"New Rules on Indigent Representation," Arizona Attorney, February 1997 (Co-author)
"Rethinking Arizona's System of Indigent Representation," Arizona Attorney, October, 1996 (Co-author)
"Trying Times: A Sociopolitical History of Litigation During the First Half of the Twentieth Century," Social Science History, Vol. 16, No. 1, 1992
"Trials and Tribulations: Crises, Litigation, and Legal Change," Law and Society; Review, Vol. 24, No. 2, 1990
Presenter: "The Arizona Death Penalty -- Two Years After Ring" Arizona Judicial Conference, Tucson, Arizona, June, 2004
Presenter: "Seeking Justice in Arizona" Arizona State University, College of Public Programs, School of Justice Studies, Tempe, Arizona, October, 2003
Presenter: "The Law and Politics of the New Death Penalty Debate in the United States," students and faculty at the Centre for Law and Society, University of Edinburgh, October, 2003
Presenter: "The New Death Penalty Debate," Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, University of Central England, Birmingham, England, October, 2003 |
