James Knoll Gardner (September 14, 1940 – April 26, 2017) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

James Knoll Gardner
Pennsylvania Eastern District Court
Born 1940 in Allentown, PA
Died 2017
FJC ID: 2961
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County [Pennsylvania]Judge · 1981–2002
- JAG CorpsU.S. Naval Reserve · 1969–1993
- Private practice, Allentown, Pennsylvania1970–1981
- Lehigh County, PennsylvaniaAssistant district attorney · 1972–1981
- ↳first assistant district attorney · 1977–1981
- Lehigh County [Pennsylvania] Treasurer's OfficeSolicitor · 1971–1977
- Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania1965–1966, 1969–1970
JAG CorpsU.S. Navy · 1967–1969
U.S. Navy law specialist1966–1967
Appointments
2002–2017 · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1965- Yale UniversityB.A. · 1962