Bryan A. Garner

Bryan A. Garner
Two men in shirtsleeves work at a table with papers in front of them.
Garner (left) working on a book with Antonin Scalia in 2007
BornBryan Andrew Garner
(1958-11-17) November 17, 1958 (age 66)
Lubbock, Texas, U.S.
Occupation
  • Lawyer
  • lexicographer
Alma materUniversity of Texas at Austin (BA, JD)
Notable works
SpouseKarolyne 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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  1. ^ "Books by Bryan A. Garner". LawProse.org. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
  2. ^ Garner, Bryan A. (2007). Guidelines for Drafting and Editing Court Rules (PDF) (5th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Administrative Office of the United States Courts.
  3. ^ Garner, Bryan A. (2015). Guidelines for Drafting and Editing Legislation. Dallas: RosePen Books. ISBN 9780979606069.
  4. ^ "Who is Bryan Garner". LawProse. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  5. ^ "Bryan A. Garner". SMU Dedman School of Law. Archived from the original on Aug 7, 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
  6. ^ "Bryan A. Garner". University of Texas School of Law. Archived from the original on Sep 28, 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
  7. ^ "Home | American Friends of Dr. Johnson's House". afdjh.org. Archived from the original on Oct 2, 2023.