John Kantke is supervisor of the Elder Law and Guardianship Alternatives Clinic and attorney at Estate and Elder Law Services in Minneapolis, a not-for-profit law firm owned by Volunteers of America, Minnesota. John's legal practice areas include guardianship and conservatorship, elder law, estate planning and probate. John is a member of the Elder Law Governing Council for the Minnesota State Bar Association as well as past-chair of the Elder Law Section. John spent seven years serving on the Hennepin County attorney panel for guardianship and conservatorship cases and nine years as a member of the board of directors for Avinity Senior Living, a local not-for-profit senior housing provider. Additionally, John has worked as an adjunct professor at Bethel University, teaching the Ethics and Aging course for the Gerontology master's degree program.