Faculty Profile: Lora Fox

Lora FoxDept Law, Metro Govt Nashville/Davidson
Previous Courses Taught (10)
  • Administrative Law: Overview of City and State Government Practice
  • Administrative Law Bootcamp
  • Ethical Considerations in Zoning, Planning and Land Use
  • Boards of Zoning Appeals and Planning Issues
  • Zoning Issues from the Public and Private Perspective
  • Municipal Land Use Process
  • Exploring Practice Areas in Administrative Law
  • Zoning, Planning and Land Use:
  • Exploring Practice Areas – Administrative Law
  • Religious Accommodations & Discrimination in the Workplace
Biography

Lora Barkenbus Fox is a senior litigator 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 20 years.

 

Lora was elected in 2019 to the NBA Board of Directors. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the Alliance for Green Hills. Previously, she had served as co-chair of the NBA Government Law Committee and the NBA Candidate Evaluation Committee, and as member of the NBA Appellate Practice Committee. She is 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 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.