John A. Black, Attorney

Jack Black, a Shareholder, Director and former secretary of the firm since 1991, practices in the areas of medical malpractice defense and general civil trial law.
Since joining Sanders & Parks in 1986, Jack has limited his practice to medical malpractice litigation and hospital law. He has represented hundreds of health care providers in medical malpractice litigation with representative clients including John C. Lincoln Health Network, Banner Health, Mutual Insurance Company of Arizona, St. Paul Insurance, Arizona Heart Hospital, and Darwin Insurance.
Jack is licensed to practice law in the states of Arizona and Colorado and was admitted to the Arizona bar in 1977, and to the U.S. District Court, District of Arizona in 1983. He is a member of the Maricopa County Bar Association, the Phoenix Association of Defense Counsel, and the State Bar of Arizona. He has served on the Judicial Evaluation Committee of the Arizona State Bar and as a member of the Advisory Board for the Arizona Association of Retarded Citizens.
Prior to joining the firm, Jack was chief legal counsel for the Wilford Hall Medical Center, a 1,000 bed medical center in San Antonio, Texas. In that capacity, he provided legal counsel on such diverse matters as peer review and credentialing, risk management/quality assurance, investigational protocols, patients' rights, and legal oversight of 23 residency programs, as well as having responsibility for investigation and administrative adjudication of medical malpractice claims pursuant to the federal Tort Claims Act.