John Pearce is most known as a Melbourne Notary Public. He has a private legal and notarial practice in the Melbourne Central Business District and in the Eastern Suburbs. He practises in the areas of Property law, Wills and Estate, Legal Ethics and Notarial Practice.He is the immediate Past President of The Society of Notaries of Victoria (2016 – 2018) and a Fellow of the Society. He is also Governor for Victoria of The Australian and New Zealand College of Notaries, as well as being a Fellow of the College.
Immediately prior to working full time in his private legal practice, John worked as a Senior Legal Ethics Solicitor at the Law Institute of Victoria, including a period managing the Ethics & Professional Practice department which provides, amongst other things, written and telephone advice to Victorian Solicitors with regard to ethics and practice management.
John’s duties at the Law Institute also included preparing draft Ethics Rulings for consideration by the Law Institute’s Ethics Committee, and delivering Ethics presentations to legal practitioners.
