After he graduated from law school, John devoted his legal practice exclusively to representing wrongful injury victims and the families of those who have suffered wrongful death. John was nationally recognized as a member of both the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. John was active in the American Association of Justice since 1980 and was a Sustaining Member of that organization from 1992 until retirement. He was also a Sustaining Member of the Pennsylvania Association of Justice. He had served as Chairman of the Civil Litigation Section, Civil Rules Committee, and the Workers' Compensation Section of the Berks County Bar Association. John was also a certified mediator and arbitrator, and lectured on medical negligence, auto insurance law, and other areas of personal injury trial practice.
John and his wife Cathy married in college and were the first married couple ever admitted to the Dickinson School of Law. While John has devoted his career to victims of wrongful injury, Cathy helped protect abused and neglected children through her work as Guardian Ad Litem for dependent children in Berks County and was honored as the Pennsylvania Child Advocate of the Year.