Black, John A.

Jack Black joined Sanders & Parks in 1986 and has been a Shareholder and Director of the firm since 1991. Prior to joining the firm, Jack served as Chief Legal Counsel for 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. He also had responsibility for the investigation and administrative adjudication of medical malpractice claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act. Since joining Sanders & Parks, Jack has limited his practice to medical malpractice litigation and hospital law. He has represented hundreds of health care providers in medical malpractice cases, with representative clients including John C. Lincoln Health Network, Banner Health, Mutual Insurance Company of Arizona, Arizona Heart Hospital, and Darwin Insurance. Jack was admitted to the Arizona bar in 1977. He is also licensed in Colorado. 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.