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John was a Distinguished Military Graduate from Wake Forest University in 1985, whereupon he was commissioned as an Air Defense Artillery Officer (Regular Army.) He served as a Platoon Leader and Executive Officer in a NATO unit in West Germany. John was an Honor Graduate of his Officer Basic Course and was the Distinguished Honor Graduate of his Air Defense Artillery weapons course. He completed the Army Airborne Course and the Army Ranger Course. After graduating from law school, John transferred into the Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG Corps,) where he served from 1994-2012. In 2015, John was appointed by Governor Nathan Deal to serve on Georgia's Court-Martial Review Panel. He is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

John graduated from Mercer University School of Law in 1993 and returned to Carrollton. He and his wife, Lori, have two children, Josh and Dan, and three grandchildren. John served as a baseball, football, and wrestling coach for almost 20 years; and, since 2003, has served as an assistant high school wrestling coach. He is active in his Church and Sunday school class and, in his free time, John does triathlons. He's done several marathons and has twice completed the 140.6-mile Ironman triathlon, en route to his goal of completing a half-ironman or a full ironman in every state.

While in law school, John served on the Moot Court Board and was a member of the National Moot Court Team. He received the American Jurisprudence Award for Criminal Procedure and the Walter F. George School of Law Faculty Award for Outstanding Achievement in Alternative Dispute Resolution and in Legal Writing. He also served on the Honor Court for two years. He is a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity and his professional memberships include GDLA and DRI.