Terry Fox

Terry Fox is the most senior female judge on the Colorado Court of Appeals, having been sworn in on January 7, 2011.  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.  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 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 has previously served on the Attorney Regulation Committee, and the Colorado Supreme Court’s Board of Law Examiners.  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).  She earned her 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.  Judge Fox graduated from Brighton High School in Brighton, Colorado.