John C. Sawyer, Jr. is the Chief General Counsel of the Government Operations Department and the Chief Financial Officer of the Office of General Counsel. 
 
Mr. Sawyer provides transactional counsel to the Office of the Mayor, Jacksonville City Council, the Downtown Investment Authority, the General Employees and Corrections Officer Pension Plans, and several executive branch departments, including the Finance and Administration Department and the Office of Economic Development.
 
Prior to joining the office in 2012, Mr. Sawyer worked as a transactional attorney handling commercial real estate, secured financial transactions and real estate acquisition, development and disposition.  Mr. Sawyer also served as an Assistant State Attorney with the Fourth Judicial Circuit, where he prosecuted both misdemeanor and felony cases.
 
Mr. Sawyer received a Bachelor of Arts Degree, from Emory University in 1988. He obtained a Juris Doctor Degree from Stetson University College of Law in 1994, where he was a member of the Stetson Trial Team.  Mr. Sawyer is member of the Jacksonville Bar Association, the Florida Bar, and the Order of Barristers.