Background
Saunders, John Charles was born on November 3, 1948 in New Orleans. Son of John C. and Elizabeth C. (Kerr) Saunders.
Saunders, John Charles was born on November 3, 1948 in New Orleans. Son of John C. and Elizabeth C. (Kerr) Saunders.
Tulane University of Louisiana (Bachelor of Arts, 1970. Juris Doctor, 1972). Phi Delta Phi (Magister, 1972). Invited Judge, Moot Court Competition, Tulane School of Law, 1980-1981.
Law Clerk to Judge Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1972-1973.
President, 1987, First Vice President, 1985-1986, LegaJ Advisor, 1984-1986, and Director, 1983-1988, Friends of City Park. Vice Chairman, Legal Committee, 1987-1988, and Commissioner, 19861988, New Orleans City Park Improvement Association.
Law clerk, Louisiana Court Appeals (4th circuit), New Orleans, 1972-1973; associate, Newman, Duggins, Drolla & Gamble, New Orleans, 1973-1975; associate, Guste, Barnett & Shushan, New Orleans, 1975-1980; partner, Guste, Barnett & Shushan, New Orleans, 1980-1988; partner, Wootan & Saunders, New Orleans, 1988-1994; partner, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, since 1994. Mediator Attorney-Mediators Institute, 1997.
Commissioner New Orleans City Park Improvement Association, 1986-1988. President Friends of City Park, New Orleans, 1987, director, 1983-1988. Invited judge Tulane Law School Mardi Gras National Invitational Moot Court Competition, New Orleans, 1995-1997.
Scoutmaster Boy Scouts American, 1994-1998. With United States Coast Guard, 1967-1973. Member Louisiana Hospital Association, Louisiana Society Hospital Attorneys, New Orleans Bar Association Delta Phi (president 1974-1972).
Married Carolyn Margaret Plough, November 30, 1974. Children: Jonn C. III, Marshall D.