Justin M. Gardner

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Biography

Mr. Gardner is a member of our Litigation and Trust and Estate Practice Groups. Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Gardner had accepted a judicial clerkship with the Hon. Charles L. Brieant, U.S.D.J., former Chief Judge of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, who unfortunately passed away before the clerkship’s scheduled commencement date.

Mr. Gardner has worked as an intern with Justice Robert P. Young, Jr. on the Michigan Supreme Court, and as a mediator for the Ohio Automobile Dealers’ Association’s Automotive Consumer Action Program (AUTOCAP). As a part of AUTOCAP, he investigated consumer complaints filed with the Ohio Attorney General’s Office against member dealerships and mediated settlements between consumers and dealerships on a wide variety of issues.

Mr. Gardner was awarded the ALI-ABA Scholarship & Leadership Award in 2008 at Ave Maria Law School. In 2008, he was also recognized as “Senior Editor of the Year” by the Editorial Board of the Ave Maria Law Review.

Education

• Ave Maria School of Law (J.D., 2008); Sr. Editor/Member, Ave Maria Law Review (2006-08); Note, "Ecclesiastical divorce in hierarchical denominations and the resulting custody battle over church property: how the Supreme Court has needlessly rendered church property trusts ineffectual," 6 Ave Maria L. Rev. No. 1, 235 (Fall 2007)
• Indiana Wesleyan University (B.S., 2005)
  

Memberships

Mr. Gardner is a member of the Indiana State Bar Association.

Admissions

• Indiana
• U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana