John Corcoran

John Corcoran is an attorney and writer/blogger living in Marin County, California.

He was a White House aide during the Clinton Administration and Speechwriter in the California Governor's office during the Davis Administration.

John is active in the local Marin county community, serving as Chair of the Town of Tiburon Planning Commission, co-Chair of the Marin County Bar Association Business Law section, and as an appointed Judicial Hearing Officer for the City of San Rafael's Campaign Finance Independent Expenditure ordinance.

Earlier in his career, John worked for a law firm in Silicon Valley, focusing on general civil litigation, small business representation, estate planning, employment law, and real estate law. During this time, he represented numerous high-tech companies such as iPhone and web-based software developers in intellectual property disputes including trademark and copyright infringement actions.

He has also worked as a public affairs consultant, working with various private sector clients, political candidates, and local governments, including as a consultant to the County of Marin on the successful effort to establish the Marin Energy Authority. He has been a real estate investor, managing his own residential income property.

John served in the White House during the Clinton Administration as a Writer in the Office of Presidential Letters and Messages. He later served as a Speechwriter and Press Aide in the Office of the Governor in Sacramento and as Senior Advisor to the Chair of the California State Board of Equalization (BOE). During the California energy crisis, he was instrumental in the creation of the award-winning Flex Your Power energy conservation campaign.

John is a graduate of the University of San Francisco School of Law, where he was a member of the USF Law Review, served on Honors Moot Court and received a CALI Award for Excellence in Legal Ethics.

During law school, John served as a law clerk in the San Francisco City Attorney's Office and the Office of the Marin County District Attorney, and with a large national civil law firm.

John also graduated from UC Santa Barbara, where he received a B.A. in English.

He is a passionate San Francisco Giants fan and Washington Redskins fan, and he really thinks the Redskins are going to turn it all around next year.

John lives with his wife, Nicole, and son, Mason, in Tiburon.