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Darrel J Gardner

CJA Supervising Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington

40 years of experience
Criminal Law
Alaska

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Biography

Darrel Gardner was born and raised in Alaska. He obtained his J.D. from Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. After first working for several civil law firms, he became an Alaska state public defender in the early 1990s. In 2003, he started his own private criminal defense practice. In 2008, he joined the Alaska District's CJA Panel and in 2012, he resumed public service a Federal Defender for the District of Alaska. In 2020, Mr. Gardner moved to Spokane where he now serves as the Eastern District of Washington's first CJA Supervising Attorney. In 2009, Mr. Gardner helped to create the Alaska Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and he served as a director and president of the organization. Mr. Gardner was a member of the Board of Governors of the Alaska Bar Association, and he served as president of the Alaska Bar in 2017. He is a past-president of the Alaska Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. He is an elected member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Bar Association for 2023-2025. Mr. Gardner also served as a Lawyer Representative for the District of Alaska and, in 2018, he served as Chair of the Lawyer Representatives Coordinating Committee at the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference in Anaheim, CA, where he participated in a panel discussion with Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. Mr. Gardner is a life fellow of both the American Bar Foundation and the Federal Bar Foundation

Practice Area

Criminal Law

Fees

Not Currently Accepting Clients

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

Alaska

Professional Experience

CJA Supervising Attorney: US Courts, Eastern District of Washington; 2020 - Current

Assistant Federal Defender: Federal Public Defender; 2012 - 2020

Owner: Law Offices of Darrel J. Gardner; 2003 - 2012; Practice limited exclusively to the defense of serious, complex or unusual criminal cases, especially Federal charges including drug trafficking and white collar crime.

Assistant Public Advocate - Statewide Felony Unit: Alaska Office of Public Advocacy; 1994 - 2003; Provided statewide criminal defense on Unclassified and class A felony cases, including murder, kidnapping, assault, sexual assault, and robbery. Defended murder cases in Ketchikan, Nome, Kenai, Palmer, Juneau, Kodiak, and Anchorage.

Trial Attorney: Civil Practice; 1983 - 1994; Private practice in Alaska and California.

Education

University of California College of the Law, San Francisco: J.D.; 1980 - 1983; Honors: Moot Court Honors

Santa Clara University: B.A. | English, History; 1976 - 1980; Honors: National Jesuit Honor Society, National History Honor Society, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Nominee