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Tel. (480) 344-4581
Fax (480) 733-3748
Mr. Gardner was recently interviewed by The Wall Street Journal! Read his BLOG about it. Or read the Wall Street Journal Article dated October 29, 2011. Mr. Gardner was also recently interviewed on CBS Radio.
Practice Areas
Family Law: including Contested Divorce, Uncontested Divorce, Legal Separation, Annulment, Property Division and Distribution, Child Custody, Parenting Time, Child Support, Paternity, Step-Parent Adoption, Domestic Violence, Spousal Maintenance, Premarital Agreements, Post-marital Agreements, Post Decree Modifications, Enforcement of Decrees and Orders, Modification of Decrees and Orders, Relocation, Grandparent Rights, Family Law Appeals, Orders of Protection, and Mediation.
Education
University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, B.S. Finance/Business Administration, 1999
Arizona State University, W. P. Carey School of Business, Tempe, AZ, M.B.A., 2003
Arizona State University, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Tempe, AZ, J.D., 2004 (Cum Laude)
Personal
Douglas C. Gardner is a Native of Northeastern Arizona, and a fourth generation Arizonan. Prior to law school, Douglas worked for several years for Bechtel Corporation, one of America's largest privately held corporations, as an accounting manager. Douglas attended law school and earned his M.B.A. simultaneously. During Law School, Douglas clerked for the Honorable Randy Haines of the United States Bankruptcy Court in the District of Arizona. Douglas also participated in the Arizona State Law Journal as a Staff Writer and then an Articles Editor. At the same time, Douglas also participated in Jurimetrics: The Journal of Law, Science, and Technology as an Associate Editor and then as a Senior Editor, where he was recognized as the "Outstanding Associate Editor" and published his case note. Douglas and his wife, Karleen, are the parents of three very active boys.
Court Admissions
Admitted to practice in all State and Federal courts in Arizona
Professional Memberships and Activities
State Bar of Arizona
Maricopa County Bar Association
Publications and Presentations
Jurimetrics case note in law school;
Bankruptcy Issues in Family Law Cases; May 2009 Family Law News, published by the State Bar of Arizona;
The Effect of Bankruptcy Proceedings in Family Law Cases; June, 2009 Family Law Section Newsletter, published by the Maricopa County Bar Association;
"When Federal Bankruptcy Law Collides With Your Arizona Family Law Case" published in the December 2009 Family Law Newsletter of the State Bar of Arizona.