Mary Lee Wolff received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Vanderbilt University in 1972 where she graduated magna cum laude and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She received a Juris Doctorate in 1975 from the Boston University School of Law and was awarded the Sylvia Beinecke Robinson Award for significant contribution to the life of the School of Law. In 1985, she was a co-recipient of the Young Lawyer's Chair from the Boston University School of Law, presented in recognition of distinguished achievement.

Ms. Wolff joined the Memphis law firm of Canada, Russell and Turner in 1975, which firm later merged with a Chicago law firm to become a nationally based firm. On January 1, 1988, Ms. Wolff became a founding shareholder of the law firm of Wolff Ardis, P.C.

Since 1975, Ms. Wolff has spent the principal amount of her time involved as both plaintiff and defense counsel in complex commercial litigation, including financial institution litigation. Her practice is focused in the areas of securities fraud, fidelity bonds, products liability, directors' and officers' liability claims and professional malpractice.

Ms. Wolff has successfully handled fidelity bond claims for national banks as well as for small financial institutions. She has managed the criminal aspects that often accompany financial institution fraud. Ms. Wolff has managed complex litigation from its inception, through the trial and/or settlement process, organizing legal theories, as well as personnel, documentation, and witnesses to support the case.

In addition to maintaining a full work load, Ms. Wolff actively supervises the management of the firm. She has also participated in the development and presentation of a number of seminars on the subjects of fidelity bond claims, testifying and the management of complex litigation.

Ms. Wolff served for six years as a Hearing Committee Member for the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility.She is an member of the court appointed panel of Court Certified Arbitratiors for the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. Ms. Wolff is a member of the American Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Association, and the Memphis Bar Association.