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Biography - Tamara A Herdener

Tamara Herdener was a Major in the US Army Reserves serving in the Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAGC). She served for four years on active duty in the JAGC. While on active duty, she spent two years at Fort Benning and two years at Fort McPherson in a variety of interesting and challenging Judge Advocate positions.

Prior to serving on active duty, she attended Seattle University earning her undergraduate degree in Political Science and Foreign Languages. She attended Seattle University on an ROTC scholarship. She attended advance camp at Fort Lewis the summer of 1993. She received her regular Army commission in June of 1994 with a control branch of Military Intelligence. Upon graduating from Seattle University, she attended the University of Notre Dame Law school. While in Law school, she was resident director in an all women's undergraduate residence hall. She taught Legal Writing to law school students; she volunteered in the legal aid clinic; and earned a top award for her participation in trial advocacy. Upon graduation from Notre Dame Law School in 1997, she entered active duty as a First Lieutenant. She attended Officer Basic School (OBC) at the Judge Advocate General's School in Charlottesville, Virginia, on the campus of University of Virginia. After OBC she moved to Columbus, Georgia and served at Fort Benning, Georgia until 2000. She married a Military Police Officer in July of 2000 and transferred to Fort McPherson, Georgia. She left active duty and joined the reserves in the 335th Theater Signal Command in September of 2001. After 9/11 she returned to active duty for a short tour.

She entered the civilian sector as the Vice President of Statewide Operations for Junior Achievement of Georgia. Junior Achievement of Georgia, Inc. is a non-profit economic education organization. JA of Georgia serves students by providing a series of sequential, hands-on curriculum enhancement programs spanning kindergarten through high school. Professor Herdener then served as the full-time General Counsel for the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington D.C. She was at the Institute from July 2005 - September 2006. The Institute of Pathology serves the military and civilian population by performing pathology consultations and engaging medical research and education. Professor Herdener began teaching as a full time instructor in the Legal Studies Program in 2008. She is an active member of the Oregon Bar Association. In addition to teaching for APUS, she practices law in a part-time capacity as the City Attorney in Cannon Beach, Oregon.