John Bisnar

John Bisnar is the founder of the Bisnar|Chase law firm, who's roots can be traced back to Bisnar & Associates, founded in 1978. He is the visionary of the firm and the creator of the firm's mission statement, "To provide superior client representation in a professional and ethical manner, while experiencing high job satisfaction, earning a high standard of living and having fun; and to make our world a safer place for us all." The firm's mission statement is it's guiding principal. It is the yard stick against which all actions and decisions are measured. Every Bisnar|Chase employee can recent the mission statement, tell you what it means and how the firm lives up to it.

Mr. Bisnar is the businessman of the firm. He handles the business affairs, marketing, and client care programs. Ask any of the Bisnar|Chase employees and they will tell you he is their professional growth coach and their personal mentor. He works with every employee to improve their professional performance and encourage their personal growth. John believes that assisting the firm's employees in reaching their personal goals is essential to their professional performance in furtherance of the firm's mission.

When asked about the firm's guiding principals, Mr. Bisnar will point out, "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success" by Deepak Chopra as the bible by which the firm is run. One of his philosophies is "Do the right thing by the client and profits will follow." Another is "Our employees will treat our clients no better than we treat our employees."

Client care programs and "improving the client experience" are pet projects of Mr. Bisnar. They are regular subjects of the training seminars he leads for the firm's staff. He also teaches team work, listening skills and conducts negotiating workshops for the firm's staff.

John is a native of Southern California. He served active duty in the US Army in the Pacific and South East Asia from 1968 to 1970. In 1974 he graduated from California State University, Long Beach, cum laude with a B.S. Degree in Finance/Investments. John was on the Dean's List every semester. In 1978 John received his J.D. degree from Pepperdine University School of Law. John was admitted to the California State Bar in July 1978. Not long after he graduated from Pepperdine University College of Trial Advocacy.

John began Judge Pro-Tem work in the California State Courts in 1984. He won his first Million Dollar case in 1986. In 1996 he was named a "Community Hero" by The United Way, Orange County, California and in that same year was an Olympic Torch carrier transporting the Olympic flame through Orange County on foot. Check out the Olympic Torch proudly displayed in his office.

Today, John continues to positively contribute to his firm, family, community and colleagues. As a certified leader and workshop facilitator with The ManKind Project, an international organization committed to personal growth of men, John teaches and models interpersonal relationship skills. The ManKind Project puts on weekend workshops that teach interpersonal relationship skills in an interactive workshop environment. John credits the ManKind Project's "New Warrior Training Adventure" with some of his greatest personal growth. In return he has devoted hundreds of hours of volunteer time to the organization in order to pass the gifts that he received, on to the "next man".

John has lectured at schools, colleges, universities and civic groups on the topic of the causes, effects and recovery from childhood abuse. He is also a frequent lecturer and speaker at lawyer continuing education programs on law office management and client care techniques. He has been an active member of two men's support groups since 1996. One is devoted to personal growth and the other to growth of your business.

Mr. Bisnar is a former member of the Board of Directors and Board of Trustees of various businesses, non-profit and religious organizations.

He is a devoted husband and a father to three adult children and one grand-child, so far. John and wife Kimberly are avid world travelers, seeking to experience different cultures, people, religions, flora, fauna and the beauty of our physical world. Meditation, personal growth, scuba diving, skiing, organic gardening, photography, exotic travel, internet marketing, the Lakers and most of all Kimberly, are his passions.

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