Attorney
Antonio Garguile

Antonio Garguile (He goes by Tony) first knew he wanted to become an attorney when he was a young child on a family summer trip to visit his Mother’s side of the family in Kansas City, Missouri. His great uncle is a licensed attorney in Kansas City. As a child, Tony always admired his great uncle and the prestige he obtained from the legal profession; his uncle even worked on a few big cases involving Major League Baseball.

Tony’s legal career has taken a vastly different path, but he’s applied what he’s learned from his great uncle’s sincere professionalism and consistent client-centered approach to his own practice of the law.

Tony was born and raised in Bremerton, Washington. He earned his B.S. in Economics from the University of Washington. After earning his B.S., Tony headed east to Spokane, where he earned his J.D. from Gonzaga University School of Law. He was admitted to the Washington State Bar in 2011. He has also been admitted to the U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington. He is a member of the Tacoma Bar Association. His legal career began in the Kitsap and Spokane County Prosecutor Offices where he worked in both District and Superior Court. After working on the prosecution side, he transitioned into private practice as a defense attorney. He spent the next five years of his career running one of the largest traffic infraction defense firms in Washington State. In 2017, He opened Garguile DUI & Traffic Lawyers, with the belief that there was a better way to provide legal representation to the community he serves. These experiences help bring a unique perspective to current cases, having worked from both sides of the table.

His favorite part of being an attorney is helping the people who need his help, giving him the opportunity to use the law to make someone’s life better. Through his work as a DUI and traffic ticket defense lawyer, he has the opportunity to meet and represent a number of people. All of his clients have challenged him with problems that are always different, interesting, and intellectually stimulating—sometimes entertaining, but never boring. It is that challenge and that excitement that keeps him so interested in what the law can do for people.

When Tony’s not in the office, you can find him immersed in his two other passions: music. According to Tony, there is absolutely nothing like seeing a great band live and it’s something he enjoys frequently doing.

Tony also takes the time to relax and play his favorite sport, basketball. He plays at 5 am, three mornings a week at the downtown Tacoma YMCA. He’s a diehard Husky football and basketball fan! #GODAWGS. He also roots for the Seattle Seahawks, Seattle Mariners, and Gonzaga Bulldogs, but only when they are not playing UW. He’s patiently holding out hope that one fateful day the Sonics will return to Seattle.

Quick Facts About Tony Garguile

• Favorite TV Shows: Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Shameless, Justified, Sons of Anarchy, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul House of Cards and Californication.
• Favorite Book: The Slight Edge.
• Favorite Movies: Braveheart and Gladiator.
• Favorite Restaurants: Tony’s Pizza (Bremerton), Noah’s Ark (Bremerton), Indo (Tacoma), LL Hawaiian BBQ (Lakewood), Trappers Sushi (Multiple Locations), Meconi’s (Olympia), Shake Shake Shake (Tacoma), Paseo (Seattle) and The Harvester (for breakfast).

• (2017-present) Owner – Garguile DUI & Traffic Lawyers, PLLC
• (2012-2017) Associate – Law Office Of Barbara A. Bowden, PS
• (2010-2011) Legal Intern – Spokane County Prosecutor’s Office
• (2009-2010) Legal Intern – Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office
• (2008-2008) Legal Intern – Spokane County Public Defenders

• (2012-Present) American Bar Association – Member
• (2012-Present) Washington State Bar Association
• (2012-Present) Tacoma Pierce County Bar Association – Member
• (2013-Present) Teamsters – Contract Attorney
• (2014-Present) Nisqually Indian Reservation – Tribal Court Bar Member

Gonzaga University School of Law – Juris Doctor (2011)

University of Washington – Bachelor of Arts (2007)

• Best Attorney – South Sound Magazine (2020)
• Best Attorney – South Sound Magazine (2019)
• Top 40 Under 40 – National Trial Lawyers (2018)
• Best Attorney – South Sound Magazine (2018)
• Rising Star – Super Lawyers Magazine (2018)
• Top 40 Under 40 – National Trial Lawyers (2017)
• Best Attorney – South Sound Magazine (2017)