John A. Ronca Jr. was born August 3, 1952, in El Paso, Texas. He graduated from Mission Catholic High School in San Luis Obispo, California in 1970. He attended Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and graduated in 1975 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration. John then attended Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, California and graduated with a Juris Doctorate Degree (JD) in 1978. In 1979, John graduated from Denver University School of Law, earning a Masters in the Laws of Taxation (LLM).