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==Career==
==Career==
As U.S. attorney, Bardwell also prosecuted Adler Berriman "Barry Seal (1939-1986), an airline pilot, drug trafficker, and informant who was gunned down in a contract murder at a halfway house. Seal's murder was ordered by Pablo Escobar of the Medellin ([[Colombia]]) drug cartel. After five years as U.S. attorney, Bardwell moved to [[Washington, D.C.]], to become the deputy general counsel for the [[United States Energy Department]] under then secretary John S. Herrington. He held this post from 1986 to 1988, when he returned to the private practice of law in Baton Rouge.<ref name=bardwelldeath/>
As U.S. attorney, Bardwell also prosecuted Adler Berriman "Barry Seal (1939-1986), an airline pilot, drug trafficker, and informant who was gunned down in a contract murder at a halfway house. Seal's murder was ordered by Pablo Escobar of the Medellin ([[Colombia]]) drug cartel. After five years as U.S. attorney, Bardwell moved to [[Washington, D.C.]], to become the deputy general counsel for the United States Energy Department]] under then secretary John S. Herrington. He held this post from 1986 to 1988, when he returned to the private practice of law in Baton Rouge.<ref name=bardwelldeath/>
Bardwell was an early [[Republican Party|Republican activist in the capital city. He worked strenuously in 1975 to elect Republican William Henson Moore, III, to fill Louisiana
Bardwell was an early [[Republican Party|Republican]] activist in the capital city. He worked strenuously in 1974 and 1975 to elect Republican William Henson Moore, III, to fill Louisiana's 6th congressional district seat, a post which Moore held for twelve years until 1987. Moore left the House to run, unsuccessfully as it developed, for the [[United States Senate]] against the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[John Breaux]] to fill the seat of the retiring Democrat [[Russell Long]].
s 6th congressional district seat, a post which Moore held for twelve years until 1987. Moore left the House to run, unsuccessfully as it developed, for the [[United States Senate]] against the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[John Breaux]] to fill the seat of the retiring Democrat [[Russell Long]].
Bardwell died at his Baton Rouge home just days before his 78th birthday.
Bardwell died at his Baton Rouge home just days before his 78th birthday.