Anderson, Jack Francis, 1940-

Attorney Jack Anderson was one of the lawyers who handled legal issues for Operation Life, the Westside community organization founded by welfare rights activist Ruby Duncan. The organization aided residents in housing, health services, food, education, job training, day care for working mothers, and general economic development. A former card dealer, Anderson, a caucasian, graduated from the historically black Howard Law School, and began work with his friend Mahlon Brown III, for Clark County Legal Services in the early 1970s. He also played a large role in Operation Nevada, which was an enormous legal challenge in the state's efforts to remove large numbers of residents from the welfare rolls in the early 1970s.