Bryan A. Garner | |
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 Garner (left) working on a book with Antonin Scalia in 2007 | |
| Born | Bryan Andrew Garner November 17, 1958 Lubbock, Texas, U.S. |
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| Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin (BA, JD) |
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| Spouse | Karolyne Hu Cheng Garner |
Bryan Andrew Garner (born November 17, 1958) is an American legal scholar and lexicographer. He has written more than two dozen books about English usage and style[1] such as Garner's Modern English Usage for a general audience, and others for legal professionals.[2][3] Garner also wrote two books with Justice Antonin Scalia: Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges (2008) and Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts (2012). He is the founder and president of LawProse Inc.[4]
Garner serves as Distinguished Research Professor of Law at Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law.[5] He is also a lecturer at his alma mater, the University of Texas School of Law.[6]
He is the founder and chair of the board for the American Friends of Dr. Johnson's House,[7] a nonprofit organization supporting the house museum in London that was the former home of Samuel Johnson, the author of the first authoritative Dictionary of the English Language.
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- ^ "Books by Bryan A. Garner". LawProse.org. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
- ^ Garner, Bryan A. (2007). Guidelines for Drafting and Editing Court Rules (PDF) (5th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Administrative Office of the United States Courts.
- ^ Garner, Bryan A. (2015). Guidelines for Drafting and Editing Legislation. Dallas: RosePen Books. ISBN 9780979606069.
- ^ "Who is Bryan Garner". LawProse. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
- ^ "Bryan A. Garner". SMU Dedman School of Law. Archived from the original on Aug 7, 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
- ^ "Bryan A. Garner". University of Texas School of Law. Archived from the original on Sep 28, 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
- ^ "Home | American Friends of Dr. Johnson's House". afdjh.org. Archived from the original on Oct 2, 2023.