In 1994, Fox began his legal career at Dilworth Paxson LLP, a prestigious Philadelphia law firm. Later in his career at Dilworth Paxson, Fox became the head of the firm's philanthropic and non-profit practice. He was named to
Worth magazine's list of "Top 100 attorneys in the country representing affluent families and individuals". At Dilworth, Fox served as one of billionaire
Walter Annenberg's most-trusted attorneys and he continues to serve as an attorney for the
Annenberg Foundation. In 2005, Judge
William C. Koch Jr. cited an article written by Fox in the majority opinion in the case of
Tennessee Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy v. Vanderbilt University. Fox has also served as an advisor to the
University of Miami School of Law's
Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, a conference for estate planning professionals. He chaired the Chartered Adviser in Philanthropy Program at
The American College of Financial Services from 2008 to 2010. A year later, in 2016, Fox led a project where
H.F. Lenfest donated the
Philadelphia Media Network, which owns
The Philadelphia Inquirer and
Philly.com to
The Philadelphia Foundation. Lenfest described Fox as the "architect of the deal." Following the restructuring of the Philadelphia Media Network, Fox began advising other local newspapers to restructure as non-profits and serves as counsel to The Philadelphia Foundation. In 2021, he worked with
Report for America to help develop a bipartisan component in the
Build Back Better Act to provide tax credits for local newspapers.
Writings Fox is the author of
Charitable Giving: Taxation, Planning, and Strategies, a
legal treatise, published in 2008, on charitable giving and retirement plans. He is also a co-author of the 2012 book,
Preserving a Home for Veterans, which chronicles Fox and others, who took on the
Department of Veterans Affairs for leasing parts of property, donated to veterans, to private entities such as oil drillers. Fox sits on the advisory board and serves as an author for
Estate Planning magazine, which is published by
Thomson Reuters. He is also a frequent legal commentator for
Bloomberg News,
The Philadelphia Inquirer and Leimberg Information Services. In addition, he has provided legal commentary to
The Wall Street Journal,
The Washington Post and
CNBC. ==References==