Early Life
John Oxendine is the son of Judge James W. Oxendine and Louise Oxendine and has two sisters. He grew up in Tucker, Georgia, where he was a Tucker Tiger and graduated from Tucker High School in 1980. Oxendine attributes his keen interest in politics to his father who has been a Senior Superior Court Judge in Gwinnett County since Oxendine was in school.
He triple majored in Christianity, Greek, and political science at Mercer University, earning his Bachelor of Arts with honors in 1984. During college he worked at the Georgia State Capitol to pay for his tuition as a student assistant to Governor George Busbee. Oxendine attended Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer, where he continued being active in student organizations including the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, and graduated with his Juris Doctorate in 1987.
Upon graduation from law school, Oxendine took over the family law practice, Oxendine and Associates, located in Gwinnett County, from his father. Oxendine and Associates concentrated in helping small businesses navigate the bureaucracy required when doing business with the federal government. Oxendine owned and ran this firm until he took the office of Insurance Commissioner in January 1995.
Oxendine married Ivy Adams, who had also been a student at Mercer, and together they have four children, J.W. (20), Phillip (15), Caroline (13) and newborn baby Jake who was born on July 8, 2009. The family attends Mount Pisgah United Methodist Church, where he serves as an usher. He has resided in unincorporated Peachtree Corners, in Gwinnett County since he graduated from college.
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