M. Ayres Gardner

Employment, Mediation
800 Commerce Plaza,, 755 Commerce Drive
Decatur, Georgia 30030


Employment

Admitted

1977, Georgia, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Law School

Boston University, J.D., 1977

Law School Graduation Year

1977

College

Hunter College of the City University of New York, B.A., summa cum laude, 1974

Memberships

DeKalb, Atlanta (Member, Labor and Employment Section) and American (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment; Alternative Dispute Resolution) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Chairperson, Section on Individual Rights and Responsibilities, 1991-1993; Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment; Alternative Dispute Resolution; former member: Fee Arbitration Committee (Vice-Chair, 1999-2000); Legal Aid Committee; Access to Justice Committee; Committee on Women and Minorities in Profession, 1994-1995; Strategic Planning Committee; Commission on Children and the Courts); Lawyers Club of Atlanta (Treasurer, 1996-1997); Georgia Association for Women Lawyers; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; NELA; Georgia Chapter NELA.

Biographical

Recipient: Thomas Hunter Prize, 1974; 1997 John Minor Wisdom Public Service and Professionalism Award. Author: The Federal Tort Claims Act, 16 Clearinghouse Rev. 509 (1982). Co-Author: with Phyllis J. Holmen, Claims Against Federal Defendants Under the Administrative Procedure Act, 21 Clearinghouse Rev. 223 (1987). Professor, Legal Research and Writing, National Center for Paralegal Training, 1987-1989. Procurement Appeals Hearing Officer, City of Atlanta, (1984-1986) and (1987-1989); Associate Magistrate, DeKalb County, (1997—).

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