Anita G. Fox

Portrait of Anita G. Fox
Contact

Lansing Office

Phone: 517.377.0837

Fax: 517.482.0887

afox@fraserlawfirm.com

Executive Summary

Education
  • University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1984)

  • Kalamazoo College (B.A. Spanish and Political Science; State of Michigan Secondary Teaching Certificate, 1981)

Bar and Court Admissions
  • State Bar of Michigan

  • The District of Columbia Bar

  • U.S. Supreme Court

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth, Ninth, Tenth, and District of Columbia Circuits

  • U.S. District Court, District of Columbia

  • U.S. District Court, District of Maryland

Professional Associations
  • District of Columbia Bar

  • State Bar of Michigan

  • Ingham County Bar Association

Other Professional Experience
  • Legal Counsel, Michigan NGA 2007 (Appointed by the Governor, 2006-2010)

  • Vice President, The Children's Trust Fund (Appointed by the Governor, 2004-2009)

  • Legal Counsel, The Governor's Residence Foundation (Appointed by the Governor, 2003-present)

  • Debate Advance, Clinton/Gore Campaign (1992)

  • Director of Scheduling and Advance, Dukakis/Bentsen Campaign (Michigan, 1988)

  • National Advance Staff, Mondale/Ferraro Campaign (1984)

Distinctions and Certifications
  • Listed in Best Lawyers in America 2013 (Commercial Litigation)

  • Named 'Michigan Super Lawyer' by the publishers of Law & Politics Magazine (Business Litigation) (2011)

  • Elected to Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (2007-present)

  • Associate Editor, Michigan Law Review (1983-1984)

  • Case Evaluator, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan

  • Case Evaluator, Ingham County

  • State Court Administrative Office Certified Mediator, Genesee, Ingham, Jackson and Washtenaw Counties

  • Achieved highest peer review rating by Martindale-Hubbell (AV©)

Publications and Presentations
  • Co-Author, Drafting Commercial Lease Insurance Provisions, Michigan Real Property Review (Fall 2006)

  • Contributing Author, BP Air v. One Beacon: Are Majority, Dissent That Far Apart?, New York Law Journal, Vol. 236, No. 23 (August 3,2006)

  • Co-Author, High Court Takes a Narrow View of BFOQ Defense, 8 Legal Times 17 (July 15, 1985)

  • Note, Denial of Unemployment Benefits to Otherwise Eligible Women On the Basis of Pregnancy:Section 3304 (a)(12) of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, 82 Mich. L. Rev. 1925 (1984)

Outside Activities
  • Fluent in Spanish

Teaching Experience
  • Adjunct Professor, Insurance Law, Michigan State University College of Law

  • Mealey's Emerging Insurance Battles Conference, San Diego, CA, December5-6, 1999, Coverage Issues Relating to Claims Against Additional Insured

  • Mealey's Emerging Insurance Battles Conference, London, England, June23-24, 1999, Construction Defects

  • Mealey's Emerging Insurance Battles Conference, Philadelphia, PA, March12, 1998, Construction Products Defects Claims, Alleged Failure of Construction Products When Incorporated Into Other Structures