John C Lacy Author

John C. Lacy is a mining lawyer and mining law historian who, throughout his career, has been analyzing and writing about the contributions of mineral adventurers to the development of the law as it was applied to the acquisition of mineral rights. He graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in journalism in 1964 and one in law in 1967. Lacy has represented mineral clients throughout the western United States and in South America and has taught mineral law and related subjects at the University of Arizona since 1976. His historical activities include work with the Arizona Historical Society, the Arizona History Convention, and the Society of Mining Law Antiquarians.

The subject of The Law of the Miner came naturally to Lacy as he grew up in the Peruvian mining camp of La Oroya, and during college he worked as a fieldhand for several mining exploration companies. Presently, he is the director of the Global Mining Law Center at the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona, where he teaches and supervises several online courses. He also continues to practice law at his firm, DeConcini McDonald Yetwin & Lacy, P.C.