Biography
Named one of "Detroit's Most Influential Women" by Crain's Detroit Business, Ms. Hardy specializes in employment litigation, preventive counseling, and appellate work. She is considered one of Michigan's most skilled and respected litigators and appellate lawyers.

Ms. Hardy is a member of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and was named Lawyer of the Year by Michigan Lawyers Weekly in 2004. She received her law degree from Wayne State University Law School in 1984, where she was Editor-In-Chief of the Law Review and received high honors for her writing and legal scholarship. In 1978, she earned her undergraduate degree from George Washington University.

She was appointed by the President, State Bar of Michigan, to serve on and co-chair the Judicial Qualifications Committee and by the Michigan Supreme Court to the Civil Jury Instructions Committee.

From 1973 to 1981, Ms. Hardy worked as a legislative assistant in the United States Senate. She was elected on a state-wide ballot to the Wayne State University Board of Governors in 1990 and again in 1998, and served through 2006.

Bar and Court Admissions
Michigan
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan

Memberships and Activities
Oakland County, State Bar of Michigan and American Bar Associations; State Bar Judicial Qualifications Committee (Member, 1991-2004 and Co-Chair, 1998-2004); Michigan Supreme Court Committee on Model Civil Jury Instructions (Member, 2005-Present).