About John
John Lara began his path to the law after completing undergraduate studies at Benedictine University in 2009. He went on to earn his Juris Doctor from The John Marshall Law School in 2015. Those years in school included practical legal work that shaped his early approach to practice.
While still in law school Lara served as a law clerk at Fornaro Law in 2013. That role introduced him to the day-to-day demands of a small firm and gave him exposure to client intake, file preparation and courtroom procedure. After finishing law school he returned to Fornaro Law and moved into a practicing role. By 2017 he was listed as a lawyer at the firm.
The progression from clerk to lawyer at the same firm created continuity. Colleagues and clients saw a lawyer who had learned the firm’s systems from the ground up. He handled tasks across litigation support and client consultations. Those assignments allowed him to build practical courtroom experience and direct client contact early in his career.
Lara maintains current professional memberships and remains engaged in the networks that support lawyers in his area. He continues to take on the kinds of matters that brought him into practice — hands-on file work, courtroom preparation and negotiations. His background at Fornaro Law reflects steady work on client files, procedural matters and case management.
He is based at Fornaro Law and also maintains a secondary office. The dual-office arrangement supports client access and offers flexibility for scheduling and hearings. Colleagues describe him as methodical in file preparation and attentive to procedural deadlines.
Outside the office he has kept connections to the academic side of law through the alumni network of The John Marshall Law School. Those ties inform how he approaches legal research and case strategy. He has used that network to stay current on procedural developments and to exchange practical insights with other lawyers.
As of 2026 Lara continues to practice at Fornaro Law, applying the experience he gained as a law clerk and then as an attorney to serve clients through the firm’s work and his secondary office.
