Phone (901) 522-9000
Fax (901) 527-3746
lwardlaw@martintate.com

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Lew Wardlaw is a native Memphian and graduate of Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal School. Following his graduation from Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia, Lew received his Bachelor of Arts (BA), Master of Public Administration (MPA) and Juris Doctor (JD) degrees from the University of Memphis. Lew joined Martin, Tate, Morrow & Marston in 2003. Prior to joining the firm, Lew gained extensive experience in land use and zoning matters as a planner with the City of Germantown Community Development Department and consultant to the Memphis and Shelby County Division of Planning and Development.

Lew practices in Tennessee and Arkansas and concentrates on general civil litigation with emphases on land use, premises liability and transportation law. He is a member of the Memphis, Arkansas, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Lew is a graduate of the Memphis Bar Association’s Leadership Forum and a former member of its Diversity Task Force. Lew is an Associate Member of the Leo Bearman, Jr. American Inn of Court and is proud to serve as a director on the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law Alumni Board.

Lew is married to Laura Benjamin Wardlaw, and they have a son, Jack.

Areas of Practice

• General Civil Litigation
• Premises Liability Defense
• Transportation Law
• Administrative, Planning, Land Use and Zoning Law
• Trademarks

Bar Admissions

• Tennessee, 2003
• Arkansas, 2004
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas

• University of Memphis School of Law, Memphis, Tennessee, 2003
  J.D.
• University of Memphis Graduate School, Memphis, Tennessee, 1999
  M.P.A.
• University of Memphis, College of Arts and Sciences, Memphis, Tennessee, 1993
  B.A.
• The Episcopal High School in Virginia, at Alexandria (1988)
• Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal School, 1985