Richard E. Gardiner
Member
Email: regardiner@cox.net
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense; Administrative Law; Civil Litigation.
Admitted: 1979, Virginia, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court; 1985, District of Columbia; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th and Federal Circuits; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third and Seventh Circuits
Law School: George Mason University School of Law, J.D., 1978
College: Union College, B.S.E.E., 1973
Member: Fairfax County Bar Association; Virginia State Bar; The District of Columbia Bar; Virginia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Biography: Author: "To Preserve Liberty--A Look at the Right to Keep and Bear Arms," Northern Kentucky Law Review, Vol. 10, 1, 1982. Co-Author: "The Sullivan Principles: Protecting the Second Amendment from Civil Abuse," 19 Seton Hall Legislative Journal 737, No. 3, 1995. (Managing Partner)
Reported Cases: Steele v. NFA Branch, 755 F. 2d 1410 (11th Cir., 1985); Ford v. Turner, 531 A.2d 233 (D.C. 1987); Stallings v. Wall, 235 Va. 313 (1988); NRA v. FEC, 854 F.2d 1330 (D.C. Cir. 1988); Gardner v. Jenkins, 541 A.2d 406 (Pa. Comwlth. 1988); Navegar et al. v. United States, 103 F. 3d 994 (D.C. Cir. 1997); Printz v. United States, 117 S.Ct. 2365 (1997); Commonwealth v. Bowen, 27 Va. App. 377 (1998); United States v. Smith, 217 F.3d 746 (9th Cir. 2000); Commonwealth v. Paris, 35 Va.App. 377 (2001); FEC v. NRA, 254 F.3d 173 (D.C. Cir. 2001); United States v. Fleischli, 305 F.3d 643 (7th Cir. 2002); Commonwealth v. Estaban, 266 Va. 605 (2003); United States v. Miscellaneous Firearms, Explosives, Destructive Devices and Ammunition, 376 F.3d 709 (7th Cir. 2004); Blaustein & Reich, Inc. v. Buckles, 365 F.3d 281 (4th Cir. 2004); Baranski, et al. v. Fifteen Unknown Agents, et al., 401 F.3d 419 (6th Cir. 2005); United States v. Ogles, 406 F.3d 586 (9th Cir. 2005); Baker v. Elmendorf, 271 Va. 474 (2006); J&G Sales, Ltd. v. Truscott, 473 F.3d 1043 (9th Cir. 2007).
Born: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, September 16, 1951
ISLN: 907201272
