Background
Gardner, J. Stephen was born on May 10, 1944 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of David L. and Mary (Webb) Gardner.
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J. Stephen Gardner
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Bachelor in Mathematics, U. Florida, 1966; Juris Doctor, U. Florida, 1969.
Career
Worked at Bush Ross Gardner Warren & Rudy, P.A. (Tampa, Florida) specializing in General Civil Practice. State and Federal, Civil and Criminal Trial and Appellate Practice. Business and Corporate Law.
Taxation, Securities, Environmental, Real Estate and Land Use Law, Bankruptcy, Probate and Estate Planning, Health Care, Employee Benefits Planning, Telecommunications.
Admitted to the bar, 1969, Florida. 1971, United States. District Court, Middle District of Florida.
Phi Delta Phi. Florida Blue Key. Member: Hillsborough County and American (National Secretary and Member, Board of Governors, Law Student Division, 1967) Bar Associations.
The Florida Bar.; Military: Lieutenant, United States.
Army, 1969-1971
Bush Ross is a full service law firm established in 1981 specializing in commercial transactions, commercial litigation, lending, estate planning and bankruptcy.
Achievements
Membership
Past chairman Tampa Downtown Partnrship. Past president Davis Islands Civic Association. Board directors Young Life Tampa, 1972, 88.
Board directors F.L.O.A.T., Inc., 1986-1987, vice president 1987. Member Leadership Tampa Class of 1980. Member bd.counelors U. Tampa, 1976-1984.
Chairman pastor-parish committee Hyde Park United Methodist Church, 1982, chairman church and society committee, 1975, chairman budget raisning committee, 1984, lay leader, 1985, Sunday school superintendent, 1986-1987, Sunday school teacher, 1973-1986, member administrative board, 1974-1987, chairman, 1976, co-chairman capital campaign committee, 1997. First lieutenant United States Army, 1969-1971, Vietnam. Captain United States Army Reserve, 1972-1975.
Member American Medical Association, Florida Bar Association (probate rules committee 1985-1987), Hillsborough County Bar Association, Tampa Tennis Association (past president), Ye Mystic Krewe Gasparilla, Tampa Yacht and Country Club (past commodore), Exch. Club (past president Tampa ), University Club Tampa (board directors, past president).
Connections
Married Sandra Ellen Ott, December 23, 1967. Children: Stephen, Truett, P.J.
