Faculty Profile: Lora Fox

Lora Barkenbus Fox is Associate Director of Law for the Metropolitan Government Department of Law. She received her undergraduate degree from Indiana University in 1992 and her J.D., cum laude, from Georgetown University in 1995. After law school, she clerked for Judge Herschel Franks on the Tennessee Court of Appeals and then worked for an insurance defense firm. She has been providing client advice and litigating on behalf of Metro for over 24 years.

Lora serves on the Board of Directors for the Alliance for Green Hills. Previously, she served as First Vice President of the Nashville Bar Association, co-chair of the NBA Government Law Committee and the NBA Candidate Evaluation Committee, and as member of the NBA Appellate Practice Committee. She has been active in the Belmont Law School Inn of Court and Davidson County Youth Court. She has served as Secretary, Newsletter Editor, Breakfast Co-Chair, Archivist, and as a Lean In Mentor for the Lawyers’ Association for Women. She has served as an adjunct professor at Belmont Law School, teaching land use law. She is the co-founder and President of the non-profit Friends of Green Hills Park and enjoys vigorous athletic pursuits, including chasing her three children.