John is the Firmwide Director of Library Services at Sidley Austin LLP and is based in Los Angeles. He is an internationally known law librarian, educator, and award-winning author with over 20 years of professional legal research and management experience in large and mid-size law firms, as well as corporations and academia. John has authored numerous articles and research papers on law librarianship, legal research, and ethics. He is also a well-known industry blogger and news curator. John has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in business law, e-commerce, ethics, fair employment practices, and applied research methodologies. He is an SLA Fellow, an SLA Member Achievement Award winner, the recipient of the H.W. Wilson Company Award for authorship and a former "Adjunct Teacher of the Year" at Carlow University in Pittsburgh, PA. John is also a past-treasurer of the Association.
Specialties: American legal research, EU legal research, Information Ethics, Electronic Discovery