John (he/him) has been the NCCRC Coordinator since 2009. He is the author of several law review articles, including
Appointment of Counsel for Civil Litigants: A Judicial Path to Ensuring the Fair and Ethical Administration of Justice, Court Review, Vol. 56 Issue 1 (2020),
The Case Against Case-By-Case: Courts Identifying Categorical Rights to Counsel in Basic Human Needs Civil Cases, 61 Drake L.J. 763 (Spring 2013), and
It’s Not Triage if the Patient Bleeds Out, 161 U. Penn. L.R. 40 (2012). He was the recipient of NLADA’s 2018 Innovations in Civil Justice Award. Previously, he was the Enforcement Director at the Central Alabama Fair Housing Center, and before that was a fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center. He graduated from Northeastern University School of Law and Wesleyan University.