PERSON: John Giles

Giles & Dickson

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John C. Giles (born 1960) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 40th mayor of Mesa, Arizona. A member of the Republican Party, Giles previously served as a member of the Mesa City Council from 1996 to 2000. Giles was elected mayor of Mesa in a 2014 special election following the resignation of Mayor Scott Smith and was succeeded by former Mesa Councilman Mark Freeman in 2025 after he won the 2024 election.

Giles was born in Mesa, Arizona, in 1960. He graduated from Westwood High School in 1978. A Mormon, he served a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in South Korea from 1979 to 1981. He attended Brigham Young University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science in 1984. Giles received his JD from Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law in 1987.

Giles works as a lawyer with the firm Giles & Dickson. Giles was the president of the East Valley Bar Association from 1992 until 1993. Giles is an adjunct professor at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.

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