Grey Gardner

Acting State Director, California

Grey Gardner is Acting State Director, California at the Drug Policy Alliance. He drafts and analyzes legislation, provides technical assistance, and engages in strategic advocacy on behalf of the Drug Policy Alliance. Grey has extensive experience in criminal defense litigation, legislative analysis, and political advocacy. He served as a trial attorney at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia and supervising attorney at the Legal Aid Society in New York City, and litigated in trial and appellate courts while in private practice. He has also worked in legislative and political roles for several members of the United States House and Senate and represented Goodwill Industries International in federal affairs. Grey holds degrees from Grinnell College in Iowa and the American University Washington College of Law, and is licensed to practice law in the State of New York.