Tara Ladd is senior counsel with the Metropolitan Government Department of Law. As senior counsel, Tara is the legal advisor for Metro’s various land use entities and utilities, including the Planning Commission, the Board of Zoning Appeals, the Codes Department and the Department of Water and Sewerage Services. Tara is a 2008 graduate of Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City. A rare, native Nashvillian, she graduated from Belmont University, though New York City still has her heart.