[4][2] Since leaving office as attorney general, Bardacke has maintained a private legal practice in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he specializes in mediation and arbitration.
[6] He served as chairman of Governor Bill Richardson's successful gubernatorial campaigns in 2002.
[4] In 2005, he was a member of a small U.S. delegation to North Korea to negotiate civil rights issues.
[7] In 2010, he was appointed by then-Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to the National Park Service Advisory Board for a three-year term.
[8] The Paul Bardacke Complex, a building on the grounds of the New Mexico State Capitol in Santa Fe, is named after him.