Atty. John D. Saxon

• Omicron Delta Kappa
• Omicron Delta Epsilon
• Phi Alpha Theta
• Pi Sigma Alpha
• Scabbard & Blade
• Jasons
• The Order of Barristers
• Phi Delta Phi

Member

• Bench and Bar
• National Moot Court Team
• Finalist, John A. Campbell Moot Court Competition
• Henderson M. Somerville Award
• Bench and Bar Outstanding Senior Award, 1977
• White House Fellow
• Farrah Law Society (Chairman, 1992-1994)
• Leadership Birmingham, 1994
• Member, U.S
• International Debate Team, 1973-1975
• Listed in: Who's Who in America
• Who's Who in American Law
• Member, Board of Directors and Vice President, 1996-1998
• President, 1998-2000, University of Alabama Law School Foundation
• Chairman, University of Alabama Law School Capital Campaign, 2002-2005
• Vice President and Member, Executive Committee, University of Alabama National Alumni Association, 1987-1988
• Sam W. Pipes Distinguished Alumnus Award, The University of Alabama School of Law, 2008
• The Best Lawyers in America (Labor & Employment Law), 2009-present
• Alabama Super Lawyers (Employment & Labor), 2008- (Top 50 Lawyers in Alabama, 2011, 2012)
• Member, Advisory Board, Blackburn Institute
• Member, Advisory Board, The Birmingham Pledge, 2000-
• Member, Editorial Board, Journal of The Legal Profession, 1975-1977

Author

• "The Scope of Legislative Ethics," in Representation and Responsibility (Plenum, 1985)
• Note, 2 The Journal of the Legal Profession 167-81 (1977)

Congressional Testimony

• "Reforming the Ethics Disciplinary Procedures of the U.S
• Senate," Testimony before the U.S
• Senate Ethics Study Commission, May 20, 1993
• "Reforming Congressional Ethics Disciplinary Procedures," Testimony before Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress, February 25, 1993
• Visiting Scholar, The Hastings Center, 1983
• Director, Corporate Issues, RCA Corporation, 1983-1986
• Washington Representative, General Electric Co., 1986-1987
• Adjunct Professor, Washington College of Law, The American University, 1988
• Adjunct Instructor, Administrative Law, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1998-2000
• Special Counsel, U.S
• Senate Armed Services Committee, 1988
• Associate Counsel, U.S
• Senate Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and The Nicaraguan Opposition, 1987
• Staff Director, 1987-1988

Counsel

• U.S
• Senate Select Committee on Ethics, 1980-1983
• U.S
• Senate Judiciary Committee, Sub-Committee on Jurisprudence and Governmental Relations, 1979-1980
• Special Assistant to Vice President Walter F. Mondale, 1978-1979
• Assistant to the Acting Chief Executive Officer, The University of Alabama, 1976-1977
• Research Assistant, Alabama Law Institute, 1977
• President and Chairman of the Board, White House Fellows Association and Foundation, 1983-1984, 2002-2003

Member

• President's Commission on White House Fellowships, 1983-1984, 1993-2001, 2002-2003
• National Governing Board, Common Cause, 1992-1995
• Board of Directors, Common Cause Alabama, 1995-
• President's Advisory Council, Birmingham-Southern College, 1993-2009

Member

• Board of Directors, Center for Community & Economic Development, Miles College
• Member, Board of Directors, Kiwanis Club of Birmingham, 2009-
• Washington, D.C
• Local Development Corporation, 1986-1988
• Member, Birmingham Cable Commission, 2000-2004
• Member, Alabama Law Institute
• Member, Birmingham Parking Authority, 2006-2010
• Chairman, Alabama Clinton-Gore Campaign, 1992, 1996
• Delegate, 1996 National Democratic Convention
• Treasurer, Alabama Democratic Party, 1995-1999
• Chairman, Alabama Wesley Clark for President Campaign, 2003-2004
• Senior Advisor, Alabama Kerry for President Campaign, 2004
• Authorized Representative, State Steering Committee, Alabama Hillary Clinton for President Campaign, 2008
• Member, Federal Appointments Patronage Committee, 1997-2000
• Attorney Participant, 1999 11th Circuit Judicial Conference
• Member, Merit Panel Re: Reappointment of U.S
• Magistrate T. Michael Putnam, U.S
• District Court, N. Dist
• Al. 1994