PERSON: Avery Gardiner

Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence

CEO

Avery W. Gardiner is the Chief Legal Officer at the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence. She is responsible for shaping and driving the organization’s legal strategy, as well as providing legal advice to all of the organization’s departments. Ms. Gardiner oversees the work of the Legal Action Program team, manages Brady’s relationships with key legal partners, and integrates Brady’s legal work into the overall strategy of the organization.
She brings extensive litigation experience to the Brady Center, having represented both plaintiffs and defendants in complex litigation, including on behalf of the United States as a lawyer at the Department of Justice.

Ms. Gardiner graduated with honors from Harvard College and Harvard Law School. She has practiced law with the firms of Kirkland & Ellis and WilmerHale, in addition to her DOJ experience. Most recently, she was an in-house counsel at Verizon Communications Inc. She began her career as a consultant at McKinsey & Company.

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