Faculty Profile: Yollander Hardaway

Admitted to Practice:
Tennessee Courts Federal District Courts of Eastern and Western
Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa; ​Federal District Court of Western Tennessee Federal District Court of Northern District of Mississippi ​

Attorney Hardaway is also listed as a Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 Family Mediator, assisting parties in mediating their differences in order to avoid the time and expense of litigation.

Education: ​
Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, WI; December 1984, J.D.  ​
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN; May 1978, B.A.  ​

Experience: ​ ​ Litigation in areas of Divorce, Child custody and child support, Juvenile law, Wills, Probate, Employment/labor, education law, landlord tenant/property issues, and personal injury.  ​ ​

Attorney Hardaway has over 25 years of experience as a federal civil rights attorney and administrative judge, state prosecutor and criminal defense attorney and general litigator.  She has served as Regional Counsel for the State Department of Children’s Services in Shelby County Tennessee. ​ ​

Professional Associations:

Board of Directors
Community Legal Center, Board of Directors, 2000-2011
Central Gardens Association Board of Directors, 2000-2006 and presently
Girl Scouts of the Mid-South, Board of Directors, 2004-2006
Memphis Bar Association
National Association of College and University Attorneys, 1995-96
Milwaukee Legal Services Volunteer Lawyer 1990-91
President Board of Directors of Congress for a Working America, 1990-1991
National Bar Association
Federal Women’s Program Director, 1988