Kevann Gardner

Kevann A. Gardner, Esq., is an experienced trial attorney who has practiced serving indigent clients in felony and misdemeanor cases for over ten years. He currently specializes in litigating murder, attempted murder, and first-degree sexual assault cases as a supervising attorney in the Trial Division of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (PDS). He also specializes in analyzing forensic information as the senior member of the organization’s Forensic Practice Group.

Mr. Gardner has worked at PDS for more than a decade. In 2005, he began working at PDS as a criminal defense investigator. Before starting his current supervisory role, Mr. Gardner served as a law clerk, a staff attorney, a hiring committee member, and a client intake representative. He also worked as a public defender at the Legal Aid Society in the Bronx, NY, handling misdemeanor and felony cases. As a faculty instructor, he currently teaches in trial advocacy programs at Harvard Law School and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

Mr. Gardner earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Oakwood University in Huntsville, AL and his Juris Doctor from the Cardozo School of Law in New York, NY. During law school, Mr. Gardner worked for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the New York State Assembly Subcommittee on Election Day Operations and Voter Disenfranchisement, and the Honorable Cheryl E. Chambers in the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court.

Education

• Bachelor of Arts - BA Oakwood University
• Study Abroad Northern Caribbean University
• High School Diploma Andrews Academy

Companies

• Faculty Instructor, Trial Advocacy Workshop Harvard Law School (2021)
• Faculty Instructor, Intensive Trial Advocacy Program Cardozo School of Law (2020)
• Senior Member, Forensic Practice Group Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (2019)
• Supervising Attorney, Trial Division Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (2019)
• Instructor, Trial Practice Group Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (2015)
• Client Intake Representative Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (2019 — 2021)
• Adjunct Professor Washington Adventist University (2018 — 2020)
• Hiring Committee Member Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (2015 — 2020)
• Co-Director, Trial Practice Institute Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (2018 — 2020)