Shauna Billingsley

Shauna R. Billingsley is the City Attorney for the City of Franklin, and she has served in that capacity since her appointment in February 2010. Mrs. Billingsley has worked for the City since 2007 when she was hired as Assistant City Attorney, and she served in the capacity of Interim City Attorney from January 2008 until her appointment to City Attorney. She previously worked for the State of Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance, and prior to that she practiced law in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, focusing primarily on business litigation and family law issues. She is a native of Johnson City, Tennessee, and graduated from Texas A&M Law School in May 2003. Mrs. Billingsley is licensed to practice law in both Tennessee and Texas. She is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association (where she serves on the House of Delegates as Speaker of the House as well as other committees), Texas Bar Association, American Bar Association, Williamson County Bar Association (where she served as President), Nashville Bar Association, Tennessee Municipal Attorney Association, and the International Municipal Lawyers Association (where she serves as a Board member). She is a fellow with the International Municipal Attorneys Association, American Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, and Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyers. She is an alumnus of the Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law and Young Lawyers Board. Mrs. Billingsley frequently presents at conferences and seminars on municipal law matters.

Mrs. Billingsley is an active member of the Franklin Rotary at Breakfast (where she served as President) and she is an alumnus of Leadership Franklin. Mrs. Billingsley has serves or has served on numerous community boards including Waves, Inc. and Feed America First, Nashville Children’s Theatre, Breast Cancer Recovery in Action, and Centennial High School Parent Teacher Association (VP).

Mrs. Billingsley spends her free time with her husband, Sam, and her two children, Claire and Luke.