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Background

In over 30 years of practicing criminal law, Cliff Gardner has developed extensive experience representing clients in post-conviction proceedings, including both appellate and habeas corpus representation.

Mr. Gardner's post-conviction experience includes representing clients at all levels of the state and federal systems. In addition to handling many cases before the intermediate appellate courts in California and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, he has briefed and argued several cases in the United States Supreme Court; he has also argued over a dozen cases before the California Supreme Court. Mr. Gardner has published numerous articles about post-conviction practice, spoken at various national conferences on appellate and post-conviction issues, and successfully represented capital defendants in California, Idaho, Montana and Arizona.

In 1999, he co-authored Proposition 36 -- the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000 -- which was approved by 61 percent of California voters in the November 2000 election.

Mr. Gardner graduated from UCLA School of Law Los Angeles, California, in May, 1980 (Order of the Coif). His undergraduate degree is from SUNY at Binghamton Binghamton, New York B.A., June 1977.





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