During a six-hour hearing in front of a three-person disciplinary panel in ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ County, witnesses testified about the reimbursement of legal fees, how an FBI investigation unfolded and how Gardner reached an agreement to avoid federal charges. The panel will make a recommendation to the…
Former ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner, center, talks with one of her attorneys on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, before the start of her disciplinary hearing before a state ethics panel in a courtroom at the ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ County courthouse.
Hal Goldsmith, Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, testifies on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, in the disciplinary hearing for former ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner before a state ethics panel in a courtroom at the ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ County courthouse.
Pool photo by Christian Gooden, ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Post-Dispatch
Deputy Disciplinary Counsel for the Missouri Supreme Court Andrea Spillars, left, listens to opposing counsel Ronald Sullivan on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, as he argues in the disciplinary hearing for former ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner before a state ethics panel in a courtroom at the ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ County courthouse.
Pool photo by Christian Gooden, ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Post-Dispatch
Keith Cutler, presiding officer of the Missouri Supreme Court ethics panel, listens to arguments on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, during the disciplinary hearing for former ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner in a courtroom at the ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ County courthouse.
Pool photo by Christian Gooden, ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Post-Dispatch
Susan Kroeger, public member of the Missouri Supreme Court ethics panel, listens to court officers on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, during the disciplinary hearing for former ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner in a courtroom at the ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ County courthouse.
Pool photo by Christian Gooden, ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Post-Dispatch
Elizabeth McCarter, lawyer member of the Missouri Supreme Court ethics panel, looks over submitted exhibits on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, during the disciplinary hearing for former ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner in a courtroom at the ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ County courthouse.
Pool photo by Christian Gooden, ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Post-Dispatch
During a six-hour hearing in front of a three-person disciplinary panel in ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ County, witnesses testified about the reimbursement of le…
Former ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner, center, talks with one of her attorneys on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, before the start of her disciplinary hearing before a state ethics panel in a courtroom at the ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ County courthouse.
Hal Goldsmith, Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, testifies on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, in the disciplinary hearing for former ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner before a state ethics panel in a courtroom at the ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ County courthouse.
Pool photo by Christian Gooden, ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Post-Dispatch
Deputy Disciplinary Counsel for the Missouri Supreme Court Andrea Spillars, left, listens to opposing counsel Ronald Sullivan on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, as he argues in the disciplinary hearing for former ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner before a state ethics panel in a courtroom at the ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ County courthouse.
Pool photo by Christian Gooden, ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Post-Dispatch
Keith Cutler, presiding officer of the Missouri Supreme Court ethics panel, listens to arguments on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, during the disciplinary hearing for former ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner in a courtroom at the ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ County courthouse.
Pool photo by Christian Gooden, ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Post-Dispatch
Susan Kroeger, public member of the Missouri Supreme Court ethics panel, listens to court officers on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, during the disciplinary hearing for former ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner in a courtroom at the ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ County courthouse.
Pool photo by Christian Gooden, ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Post-Dispatch
Elizabeth McCarter, lawyer member of the Missouri Supreme Court ethics panel, looks over submitted exhibits on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, during the disciplinary hearing for former ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner in a courtroom at the ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ County courthouse.
Pool photo by Christian Gooden, ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Post-Dispatch
