Alexander F. Fox, Partner
(305) 448-1033
Education
• B.A., History, American University, Washington, D.C., 1994
• J.D., University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, 1998
• U.S. Department of Justice, Legal Assistant Honors Program, Antitrust Division, Washington, D.C., 1995-1996
Admitted to Practice
• Member of the Florida and Montana Bars
• Member of United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
• Member of the United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
• Appears Pro Hac Vice in Federal and State courts
throughout the United States
Languages
• English
• Spanish
Alexander F. Fox, who started his own firm in 2001, handles a broad range of criminal related matters for individuals, partnerships, corporations and financial institutions, including health care fraud, grand jury investigations, white collar defense, witness representations, corporate internal investigations and post conviction litigation and appeals.
Prior to entering private practice, he served as an Assistant State Attorney in the Office of the State Attorney in Miami, Florida. As prosecutor, he prosecuted a wide variety of criminal cases. He was lead counsel on numerous jury trials where the defendants were accused of assault and battery, burglary, sexual battery, drug trafficking, fraud, extortion and homicide.
Alexander is a native Miamian who speaks fluent Spanish. In addition to his almost twenty years of experience in the legal field in Miami, he was born and raised in Miami and has strong ties to the community that allow him to better serve his clients.
Significant Representations
• Served as lead counsel for several targets of a Federal investigation which resulted in the seizure of approximately two hundred million dollars by the United States Government. After conducting an investigation and extensive negotiations with the Government, no criminal charges were filed and the clients received almost all of the funds back from the Government.
• Represented surgeon at Miami Children’s Hospital who was falsely accused of cyber stalking his girlfriend. The Client was arrested and charged with numerous felonies. After a year of litigation, the Government dropped all charges against the Client. Assisted the Client with filing and litigating the subsequent malicious prosecution case he filed against the person who falsely accused him of the crimes.
• Represents the owner of a large metal recycler who was sued civilly in Federal Court for RICO violations while at the same time representing the Client in the parallel Department of Justice investigation which resulted in a declination of prosecution by the Department of Justice.
• Represented a high level employee of a multi-million dollar hedge fund that collapsed when the principals embezzled all of the investors’ monies. Millions of dollars were stolen from individual investors and from a large church endowment. Three other individuals worked at the “fund”, all three were indicted, two are serving lengthy prison sentences, and the third is awaiting trial.
• Represented a large auto dealer for allegedly selling fraudulent warranties to his car buyers. The government alleged that the business would sell the warranties along with the cars and then would not bind the coverage, and steal the entire amount of the premium. The firm investigated and after numerous meetings with the government, the client was able to pay a fee, perform community service, and the charges were dropped.
ï Numerous representations of Executives, Shareholders, Owners, Directors of Banks and other Financial Institutions with respect to Department of Justice investigations both criminal and civil in nature. Also has handled many forfeiture matters that have arisen as a result of the investigations.
•Represented a large medical billing company whose clients had allegedly bilked the United States government and the Medicare Program out of millions of dollars for filing false claims, over-billing, and billing for services not necessary.
• Represented a high level television executive in an investigation regarding kickbacks to government employees in exchange for no-bid contracts in violation of federal law.
ï The firm’s investigative arm has helped numerous business owners and investors respond to possible violations of local and federal laws as well as violations of internal company policies. These investigations include but are not limited to premises liability, employee theft and embezzlement, sexual battery, internal fraud, stalking, identity theft, and numerous other matters.
• Represented numerous individuals, including, but not limited to, doctors, clinic owners, medical assistants, nurses, and corporate officers being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Office of the Inspector General for alleged Medicare fraud or related activities.
• Represented a deaf-mute man falsely accused of sexual battery outside of a well-known Coral Gables bar and restaurant. The client, who was unable to speak or hear, was interrogated and jailed when he did not answer the questions to the officer’s satisfaction. The firm conducted a thorough investigation and was able to flesh out what really happened that night. All charges were dropped.
• Represented a young man wrongly accused of sexual assault on a family member. He was jailed without bond in Broward County and faced a long term of years in prison if convicted. Again, the firm conducted a thorough investigation which exposed the real zfacts of the case. The case was dropped by the Office of the State Attorney in Broward and the Defendant was released from custody.
• Represented an insurance brokerage company and its owner charged with insurance fraud for selling worthless builders risk insurance policies to members of the South Florida Business community. The client was able to avoid going to prison after admitting to having sold hundreds of thousands of dollars of fraudulent policies to unsuspecting business owners.
• Represented a marine supply company accused of title fraud and grand theft for allegedly attempting to extend the warranties on outboard engines by falsifying the V.I.N.’s in order to re-qualify out-of-date engines for extended warranties.
• Represented the owner of world famous Club Space and the general manager who were arrested for violating noise statutes and after a lengthy investigation and litigation all charges against both clients were dropped.
strong ties to the community that allow him to better serve his clients.
