Tanya Acker
ABOUT TANYA ACKER
Attorney and co-host of Emmy-nominated courtroom series Hot Bench. She works as a civil litigator. Her tanyaacker Instagram, where she posts updates on her podcast as well as content from her personal life, hasĀ 20,000 followers.
She graduated from Howard University in 1992, before going on to study at Yale University Law School, where she primarily represented low-income women in family law cases.
She hosts a podcast called the Tanya Acker Show, where she and her guests speak on criminal justice reform.
Her parents are Bill and Aretha Acker. She was born in Los Angeles, California.
Hot Bench, the show she co-hosts, was created by Judge Judy Sheindlin .