Our Legal Team

Robert S. Gardner

Robert S. Gardner is the senior member and founder of the Gardner Law Office. His practice emphasizes government contracts, administrative and regulatory law, as well as political law, tax-exempt organizations and government and regulatory affairs. Mr. Gardner has appeared in a wide range of matters before judicial, administrative, executive, and legislative bodies at the federal, state, and local levels of government. Mr. Gardner has successfully litigated matters in the federal courts, including the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, as well as the Colorado Supreme Court.

Mr. Gardner has successfully represented clients in a wide range of legal issues related to government contracting and construction, including multi-million dollar R & D and construction claims, bid protests before the General Accounting Office, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and various federal agencies, labor standards matters before the Department of Labor, and procurement fraud and defective pricing issues before the Department of Defense and the Department of Justice. He frequently counsels clients on proposal submissions and certifications, contract compliance, liens and claims, cost accounting standards, data rights, export licensing, and government socioeconomic program issues such as labor standards, affirmative action, and drug free workplace programs.

In the area of claims, disputes, and litigation, Mr. Gardner represents clients before the agency boards of contract appeals and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and has represented both prime and subcontractors in the federal and state courts. Mr. Gardner has served as general counsel of midsize facilities management and services contractor with government and commercial projects. As corporate counsel, he advised corporate officers and managers on all corporate legal matters including government and commercial contracts, technology licensing, labor and employment, regulatory compliance, corporate transactions, and management of outside counsel. He also directed the corporate government relations program, including Congressional and federal executive branch relations and advocacy. He is a frequent guest speaker and lecturer in his areas of legal expertise.

Prior to entering private practice in 1989, Mr. Gardner was an Air Force judge advocate assigned to the United States Air Force Academy law faculty where he taught procurement and business law. He has taught the National Contract Management Association’s annual education seminar for contracting professionals and has been a frequent guest speaker on government contracts, construction law, and other legal issues.

Mr. Gardner is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and earned his law degree with honors in 1981 from the University of Texas School of Law. In addition, he holds a Masters of Law in Government Procurement Law from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

Laura A. Gardner

Laura Gardner’s practice emphasizes federal, state, and local government contracting, as well as administrative and regulatory matters, and election law. In addition to her work in public contracting, she frequently represents clients in both the public and private sector on matters of organizational and board governance, as well as government transparency and accountability requirements such as open meetings and freedom of information and open records matters and conflict of interest and ethics requirements. Her current and recent engagements include work for clients before the Department of Defense at the agency level and before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, the Government Accountability Office, and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, as well as the Colorado state courts. Laura worked as a legislative aide in the Colorado House of Representatives during four different sessions of the Colorado General Assembly, a position in which she was responsible for tracking bills, attending committee hearings for the members, and arranging committee witnesses and handling constituent relations. Laura has served as an election observer for local and national elections and is experienced in election and campaign finance law. Laura is a 2015 graduate of Baylor University School of Law and earned her undergraduate degrees in Government and International Politics at George Mason University and Psychology at Central Michigan University.