Background
Kontz, John Thornton was born on April 21, 1955 in Atlanta. Son of Ernest Charles and Marjorie (Carmichael) Kontz.
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John Thornton KONTZ
John Thornton Kontz, American lawyer. Bar: Georgia 1981, California 1985, United States District Court (northern district) California 1985. Member Santa Cruz County Bar Association, Santa Cruz Trial Lawyers (president since 1995), International Order Odd Fellows, Rotary (board directors, president-elect Capitola-Aptos club since 1986).
Education
University of Virginia (Bachelor of Arts, 1977). Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University (Juris Doctor. University of Georgia.
Career
Counsel to committee on banking and insurance Georgia State Senate, Atlanta, 1981-1982. Law clerk to Honorary Hilton Fuller DeKalb County Superior Court, Decatur, Georgia, 1982-1984. Associate Popelka, Allard, McCowan & Jones, San Jose, California, 1984-1985, Grunsky, Ebey, Farrar & Howell, Watsonville, 1985-1989, Bosso, Williams, Levin, Sachs, Santa Cruz, 1989-1994.
Partner Comstock, Thompson, Kontz & Brenner, since 1994.
Achievements
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Bar: Georgia 1981, California 1985, United States District Court (northern district) California 1985.
Membership
Member Santa Cruz County Bar Association, Santa Cruz Trial Lawyers (president since 1995), International Order Odd Fellows, Rotary (board directors, president-elect Capitola-Aptos club since 1986).
Connections
Married Terri Larson, September 17, 1982. Children: Kristin, Karen, Steven.
- Father:
- Ernest Charles Kontz
- Mother:
- Marjorie (Carmichael) Kontz
- Spouse:
- Terri Larson
- child:
- Kristin Kontz
- child:
- Karen Kontz
- child:
- Steven Kontz
