Terry Fox

Professional career

• Judge, Colorado Court of Appeals, 2011-present
• The most senior female judge on the Colorado Court of Appeals, having been sworn in on January 7, 2011

Education

Additional information

• Recognition includes the Lady Justice Award (National Association of Women Judges, 2018).
• Recognition includes the Judicial Excellence Award (Denver Bar Association, 2017).
• Practitioner, 2010-2010
• From 2004-2010, she served as an assistant U.S. Attorney in Colorado, working as trial counsel to federal agencies and specializing in environmental, constitutional, and other civil matters.
• In addition to her legal duties, Judge Fox served on the U.S. Attorney’s Advisory Council and the Diversity Committee.
• Judge Fox graduated from Brighton High School in Brighton, Colorado.
• Bachelor’s degree from the Colorado School of Mines in Chemical Engineering and Petroleum Refining, her law degree in Houston, Texas and an L.L.M. from Duke.
• Before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Judge Fox was an attorney with the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, an associate with the law firm of Holland & Hart (where she practiced Environmental Law), and a clerk for Justice Craig Enoch on the Texas Supreme Court.
• She has previously served on the Attorney Regulation Committee, and the Colorado Supreme Court’s Board of Law Examiners.
• She serves on the Executive Committee of Our Courts Colorado, spearheading outreach to the Hispanic Community, on the Colorado Supreme Court’s Character and Fitness Committee, and the Mission Impact Committee of the Center for Civic Education.
• She is a member of the Colorado Hispanic Bar Association (and a former board member) and a long-time member and former board member of the Colorado Women’s Bar Association (CWBA).