Lauren Curry has joined Sherrard & Roe as an associate attorney in the firm’s litigation group.

Previously, Curry (pictured) was a judicial law clerk to The Honorable Jane B. Stranch, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. From 2005 to 2008, she was a patrol officer with the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, where she was also a certified Mounted Horse Patrol officer. She received the Law Award for the highest law grades in her police academy class and received the Chief’s Coin, recognizing excellence in job performance.

“We are very pleased to welcome Lauren to the firm,” Sam Funk, group leader of the firm’s litigation practice, said in a release. “She is a talented attorney who is committed to the community and the practice of law.”

Curry received her J.D. in 2011 from Vanderbilt University Law School, where she was senior articles editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review and elected to the Order of the Coif. Curry received several Vanderbilt Scholastic Excellence Awards as well as the Lightfoot, Franklin & White Best Oralist Award and the Mock Trial Quarterfinalist & Top Litigator Award. She was a member of Phi Delta Phi and recipient of a Law School Merit Scholarship.

Curry earned a B.A. in psychology, cum laude, at the University of the South in 2004.