Joshua Tardy

{{short description|American lawyer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Joshua Tardy | caption = | order = Minority Leader of the Maine House of Representatives | term_start = December 6, 2006 | term_end = December 1, 2010 | predecessor = David Bowles | successor = Emily Cain | office1 = Member of the Maine House of Representatives | term_start1 = December 4, 2002 | term_end1 = December 1, 2010 | predecessor1 = Susan L. Kasprzak | successor1 = Kenneth Fredette | constituency1 = 125th district (2002-2004)<br>25th district (2004-2010) | party = Republican | birth_name = Joshua Abraham Tardy | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1968}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Hubbell |first=Martindale |date=March 2001 |title=Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory 2001: Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland (Volume 8) |url=https://archive.org/details/martindalehubbel08mart|url-access=registration |publisher=Martindale-Hubbell |isbn=9781561604395}}</ref> | birth_place = Palmyra, Maine | education = University of Maine (BA, JD) }}

'''Joshua "Josh" Abraham Tardy''' (born 1968) is an American politician and attorney from Maine. A Republican, Tardy served in the Maine House of Representatives from the 125th and 25th districts from 2002 to 2010, including two terms (four years) as Minority Leader (2006-2010). He also served as Assistant Minority Leader from 2004 to 2006.<ref name="maine.gov bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.maine.gov/legis/house/history/124th/124bios/tardja.htm|title=Maine House of Representatives: Joshua A. Tardy|access-date=14 June 2013}}</ref> He was unable to seek re-election due to term-limits.<ref name="PVS">{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/37128/joshua-tardy#.UbpjM_mG3pU|title=Joshua Tardy Biography - Project Vote Smart|work=Project Vote Smart|access-date=14 June 2013}}</ref>

He has practiced law since 1993. From 1993 to 1994 he was a litigation associate with the law firm of Rudman and Winchell.<ref name="PVS" /> He later was co-owner of the Millennium Weddings and Convention Center and Moosehead Manufacturing before it closed in 2011.<ref name="PVS" /><ref>[https://www.woodworkingnetwork.com/wood-market-trends/woodworking-industry-news/production-woodworking-news/moosehead_manufacturing_calls_it_quits_127708788.html Moosehead Manufacturing Calls It Quits]</ref> He later was a partner with the law firm of Irwin, Tardy & Morris.<ref name="PVS" /> He now serves as Of Counsel for the law firm of Rudman and Winchell.<ref>[https://www.rudmanwinchell.com/attorneys/joshua-a-tardy/ Joshua A. Tardy - Of Counsel]</ref>

Before serving as a state representative he served as chairman of the Maine School Area District 48 Board.<ref name="PVS" /> He now serves as chairman and commissioner of the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services.<ref>[https://www.maine.gov/mcils/about/comm_bios.html Commissioners of the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services]</ref>

During the spring of 2013, it was rumored that Tardy had begun assembling a campaign team in order to run for Maine's 2nd congressional district.<ref name="Strimling">{{cite news|url=http://agreetodisagree.bangordailynews.com/2013/06/13/maine-politics/michaud-is-running-democrats-have-life/|title=Michaud is running. Democrats have life!|last=Strimling|first=Ethan|date=June 13, 2013|work=Bangor Daily News|access-date=13 June 2013}}</ref><ref name="Metzler">{{cite news|url=http://downeasttodc.bangordailynews.com/2013/04/30/home/tardy-says-hes-looking-at-congressional-bid-if-michaud-runs-for-governor/|title=Tardy an early favorite with GOP to replace Michaud|last=Metzler|first=Rebekah|date=April 30, 2013|work=Bangor Daily News|access-date=14 June 2013}}</ref> However, Tardy did not run for Congress in 2014.

==Personal== Tardy was born in Palmyra, Maine and a resident of Newport, Maine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itmlaw.com/the-attorneys/josh-tardy/|title=Josh Tardy|access-date=14 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525041353/http://www.itmlaw.com/the-attorneys/josh-tardy/|archive-date=25 May 2013|url-status=usurped}}</ref> He graduated from the University of Maine (B.A., 1990) and the University of Maine School of Law (J.D., 1993). He serves on the Maine Central Institute Board of Trustees, President of the Nokomis Alumni Association and a member of Maine State Bar Association.<ref name="PVS"/>

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