Biography

Timothy Davis Fox is the elected Circuit Judge of the Sixth Division of the Sixth Judicial Circuit of the State of

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. Fox was born and raised in

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. He graduated from Hall High School in 1975 and attended

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, graduating with a

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in Political Science in 1978. He attended law school at the

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, receiving a

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degree in 1981.

Supreme Court bid

In 2009 Fox ran for the seat on the

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vacated by the retiring Justice

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Fox lost to Karen R. Baker.

Education

In 2007 Fox became the first judge in Arkansas to be awarded a Master in Judicial Studies and was awarded the Professional Certificate in Judicial Development from the National Judicial College.

Professional experience

Prior to his election to the bench, Judge Fox practiced law for 21 years. The majority of his career he was engaged in private practice, representing individuals and corporations in

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. Fox served as Chief Assistant City Attorney for the City of

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, for five years and served as Prosecutor in the

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District Court.

Teaching

Fox has served as a member of the Faculty of the National Judicial College and was a Presenter at the 2008 Ben J. Altheimer Symposium at the William H. Bowen School of Law.

Publications

* Right Back" In Facie Curiae" – A Statistical Analysis of Appellate Affirmance Rates in Court Initiated Attorney-Contempt Proceedings, 38 ''University of Memphis Law Review'' 1 (Fall 2007) * " ru/Falssms: A Statistical Analysis of Several Arkansas Judicial Bromides", 30 ''University of Arkansas Little Rock Law Review'' 771 (Summer 2008).

Awards

Fox was voted Pulaski County Judge of the Year in his practice area for two consecutive years. In 2008 he was awarded the

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President's Award 2008 for the multimedia presentation, From ''

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'' to ''

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'': Judicial Independence and the Rule of Law".

"From ''Marbury'' to ''Cooper''"

In 2007 Fox wrote and produced a presentation called "From ''Marbury'' to ''Cooper'': Judicial Independence and the Rule of Law". The program addressed the role of the Arkansas legal community and its judicial system in the resolution of the 1957 "

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" crisis at Central High School. Since its presentation at the 2007

Annual Meeting, the multimedia presentation has been performed on over 30 occasions in more than six states.

References

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