CONTACT INFORMATION

John A. Tull
John A. Tull & Associates
4145 Ridge Road,
Nederland, Colorado 80466
Telephone: 303-258-9227
Cell phone: 303 517 8715
Fax: (209) 729-5401
Email:

CAPACITY / CAPABILITY

Number of consultants (if group/company):

1

Area(s) of expertise:

Strategic and long-term planning; organizational development; technology planning; training; program evaluation; evaluation design; conflict resolution; leadership and management coaching; facilitation of mergers and consolidations

JD and/or other degrees:

JD, Yale Law School 1970

Languages spoken other than English, and level of fluency:

Spanish, fluent

Information regarding race, ethnic background, and gender: (optional - LSC and its recipients strive for racial, ethnic, and gender diversity in choosing consultants)

White Male

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

Years of experience as consultant:

15 years

If applicable, please write a brief paragraph about your history as a consultant for LSC:

I have consulted for LSC in a variety of ways (in addition to working for the Corporation twice for a total of 8 years, as Regional Counsel to the Denver Regional Office [1980-84] and as Director and Vice President for Program Operations [1994-1998]). I have facilitated several LSC conferences, including the Technology and the Future of Legal Services Conference in 1998, the Migrant Delivery Conference in 2000 and the Creating Client-Centered State Communities of Justice Conference in 2001.

I have also under contract with LSC conducted a number of evaluations and other program interventions. I helped design and provide training for the first Peer Review System developed for the Comparative Demonstration Project in 1993.

If applicable, please write a brief paragraph about your history as a consultant for other organizations involved in the delivery of civil legal assistance, including local, state, and national organizations (NLADA, ABA, MIE):

Over the years, I have conducted a large number of trainings for various national organizations including NLADA, the ABA and MIE. I have provided training in program management; technology management and planning; use of private attorneys; ethics; strategic planning; development of hot lines; program evaluation; training; and related topics.

I have also facilitated a number of meetings and planning processes for national and state organizations, including facilitation of state planning meetings in a variety of states. I have worked directly with scores of legal services programs and legal services support centers with a variety of issues related to the effective delivery of legal services to low income persons. I have conducted statewide evaluations of legal services delivery systems, pro bono systems and statewide technology systems.

Brief paragraph regarding other consulting experience:

Assisted state probation departments and state courts-at the trial, appellate and Supreme Court level-with strategic planning and conflict resolution. I assisted in the creation and evaluation of a legal aid program in Karelia, Russia. Co-authored a manual regarding assistance with creation of legal aid and criminal defense programs in developing nations.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Professional experience (staff, board member, volunteer) in LSC-funded program(s):

Reginald Heber Smith Fellow and staff attorney, Legal Aid Society of Pima County, renamed to Southern Arizona Legal Aid, 1970-74
Executive Director, Southern Arizona Legal Aid 1974-1980
Regional Counsel, Denver Regional Office, Legal Services Corporation 1980-1984
Director and then Vice-President for Program Operations, Legal Services Corporation 1994-1998

Experience in other legal aid programs (staff, board member, volunteer):

N/A

Other professional experience:

Reporter to the ABA's Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants for both the Standards for Providers of Civil Legal Services to the Poor (1986) and Standards for Monitoring and Evaluation of Providers of Legal Services to the Poor (1991).

RATE / FEE INFORMATION

$700/day - $93.33/hr

REFERENCES

Jonathan Asher, Executive Director, Colorado Legal Services 303 866 9399
Melville D. Miller, President, Legal Services of New Jersey 732 572 9100
Martha Bergmark, Vice-President, NLADA 202 452 0620

RESUME

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