Profile

Anthony Fox concentrates his practice in advising municipalities, school boards, public sector clients, regulated industries and corporate clients. Additionally, Mr. Fox represents public and private sector clients in real estate transactions including public-private partnerships and development agreements. He has recently presented on these topics before statewide associations for municipal lawyers mayors and elected officials, including the North Carolina Municipal Attorneys Association and North Carolina League of Municipalities.

Mr. Fox has appeared before all levels of the North Carolina state court system, federal district courts and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, and various boards and commissions. He is admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court.

Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Fox served as an Assistant City Attorney for three of North Carolina’s largest municipalities. In his last post, he held the position of Senior Assistant City Attorney for the City of Charlotte. Before his employment with the City of Charlotte, Mr. Fox served as Assistant City Attorney with the City of Winston-Salem and the City of Wilmington.

Experience Highlights

Mr. Fox successfully defended the largest involuntary annexation in North Carolina history. He has extensive experience in all aspects of municipal and governmental transactions, and he frequently works with clients on handling:

• Annexation, telecommunications, public finance, land use, transportation and administrative law
• Litigation of matters on behalf of North Carolina cities, counties, schools and governmental agencies
• Litigation of various regulatory matters

Mr. Fox is a former member of the FCC Intergovernmental Advisory Committee (IAC) where he advised the Federal Communications Commission on a range of telecommunications issues, particularly the country’s transition to digital television. IAC initiatives have included advising the FCC on how to work with local and state partners to educate consumers about the DTV transition. Mr. Fox is the sole attorney representative to the IAC, which includes a governor, a utility commission representative and legislative, county, tribal and municipal representatives.

News

• 74 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers® for 2013
  August 23, 2012
• 69 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers® for 2012
  September 6, 2011
• 61 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers® for 2011
  August 18, 2010
• Law & Politics Names 36 Parker Poe Attorneys as Super Lawyers
  January 28, 2010
• Municipal Attorneys Tap Fox
  August 31, 2009
• New Law Extends The Life of Development Approvals until December 31, 2010
  Government & Public Policy Alert
  August 17, 2009
• 55 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers®
  July 30, 2009
• Forty-Six Attorneys Named Super Lawyers
  January 26, 2009
• Parker Poe Increases Number of Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers in America
  October 1, 2008
• More than 50 Parker Poe Attorneys among Business Leader's Top Lawyers
  September 24, 2008
• Anthony Fox Elected to Local Roads Committee
  May 9, 2008
• Anthony Fox Elected to Parker Poe's Board of Directors
  February 1, 2008
• 40 Parker Poe Attorneys Named Among 2008 Best Lawyers in America
  September 14, 2007
• Anthony Fox Profiled in the Charlotte Observer
  Charlotte Observer
  February 7, 2007
• Wachovia Presents Cornerstone Award to Parker Poe
  October 3, 2006
• Parker Poe Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers in America
  September 12, 2006

Memberships

• North Carolina Association of Municipal Attorneys
  Member, 1983-present; President, 2009-2010; Director, 2005-present; Second Vice President, 2007-present
• North Carolina State Bar
  Board of Continuing Legal Education, 1992-1999
• Charlotte City Partners
  Director, 2001-2006
• National School Boards Association
  Member, 2008-present
• North Carolina Central University
  Board of Visitors, School of Law, 2006-present
• Presbyterian Hospital
  Board of Trustees, 2006-present
• North Carolina Banking Commission
  Chair, Appellate Hearing Panel, 2005; Member, 2004-2006
• Charlotte Chamber of Commerce
  Director, 2004-present; General Counsel, 2005-2007
• Mecklenburg County Bar Foundation
  Director, 2004-2006
• North Carolina Turnpike Authority
  Board of Directors, 2004-present
• Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority
  Director and Vice Chair, 2002-2010
• United Way
  Chairman, Board of Directors, Central Carolinas, 2002
• New Arena Committee
  Member, 1998-1999
• Charlotte Citizens' Review Board
  Vice-Chair, 1997-2000
• Mecklenburg County Bar
  Secretary, 1994-1995