Mary Anne Wolf received her Juris Doctorate from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University in May of 1999. While in law school, she served as managing editor of the Louisiana Law Review. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Louisiana State University in 1983, graduating cum laude. She obtained her professional electrical engineering license from the state of Louisiana in 1988, and is a member of the Louisiana Engineering Society.

Prior to attending law school, Mary Anne was a project design engineer in the construction industry for nine years. Some of the projects for which she was responsible include the WBRZ building in Baton Rouge, Agricultural Chemistry Building at LSU, House of Representatives meeting rooms at the Louisiana State Capitol,  Chemistry Building at Southeastern Louisiana University and additions to the Veterans Administration Hospital in New Orleans and Woman's Hospital in Baton Rouge. She practices in the areas of professional liability of architects and engineers, construction litigation and products liability.