Jack LaSota

John A. ("Jack") LaSota is a former Arizona Attorney General (1977–1978). LaSota also served as Bruce Babbitt's Chief of Staff when the former was governor of Arizona. He is now a lobbyist for the firm LaSota & Peters, P.L.C.

Legal and Lobbying Career

Jack LaSota is a well-respected member of the Arizona State Bar and has had a distinguished legal career. He has drafted innumerable statutes, including telephonic search warrant and electronic eavesdropping laws, many of which are still on the books. He also spent three years at the Arizona State University College of Law as a faculty member and assistant dean, during which tenure his principal role was to draft and circulate nationwide to over 500 agencies pioneering Model Rules for Law Enforcement. In his nearly four years with the Office of Attorney General, he edited and authored hundreds of attorney general opinions. More recently, he was a charter member of the Lottery Commission, and just concluded over ten year’s service as a charter member of the Governor’s Regulatory Review Council. In the latter role, he reviewed thousands of draft rules for clarity, conciseness, economic impact, and legal authority. He spent six years in the 1980s as an adjunct professor of law at ASU College of Law, teaching State and Local Government.