Betty Ruth Fox was admitted to the Mississippi Bar in 1989. From 1993-2002, she was a Staff Attorney for the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, with responsibilities for Civil Environmental Enforcement.  In 2002, Betty Ruth became a Trial Attorney for the Trustee Program of the United States Department of Justice, with responsibilities for Civil Bankruptcy Enforcement. Since 2007, Betty Ruth has focused her private practice on Environmental, Bankruptcy and General Litigation matters.

Publications And Honors:

• Mississippi College Law Review, Executive Editor
• Comment, “Interactions of the Caribbean Basin Initiative and U.S. Domestic Sugar Price Support: A Political Contradiction,” Mississippi College Law Review (Fall 1988)

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree: Business Administration, Millsaps College, 1980
• Special Training: Mathematics and Science, Belhaven College, 1983-84
• Juris Doctor: Mississippi College School of Law, cum laude, 1988

Professional And Community Involvement:

• Chapel of the Cross, Vestry
• Honduran Education Ministry
• Stewpot Server for Servant Ministry
• Mississippi Bar and American Bar Association