Alan P. Fox
Business & Tax, Commercial Litigation, Renewable Energy, and Transportation Groups.
Alan has developed his practice in the areas of commercial litigation, commercial transactions, bankruptcy, business law, real estate, renewable energy law, zoning and land use law. Recently, His practice has expanded into transactions related to and obtaining zoning approvals for 20 mega-watt photovoltaic solar powered electricity production systems in southern New Jersey, as well as smaller systems for owner/occupied use in the industrial and manufacturing sector. He has 25 years of experience presenting land use applications before zoning and planning boards, as well as 8 years as the solicitor for the Riverside Township Planning and Zoning Board. He has litigated zoning matters at the trial and appellate levels. His commercial real estate practice covers shopping centers, restaurants, retail, office buildings, warehouses and residential developments, as well as solar farms.
He is representing a national Class I railroad with the first eminent domain matter in New Jersey in over 40 years.
His practice also concentrates on protecting creditors’ rights. Mr. Fox’s commercial litigation experience covers a wide variety of industries, including banking, landscape, manufacturing, computer hardware/software, construction, automotive retail, real estate development, and wholesale floral. He represents both secured and unsecured creditors in a variety of commercial lending litigation, including, collection under notes and loan agreements, security agreements and financial statements, mortgage foreclosure, replevin or assignments of rents. His representation of creditors in the bankruptcy forum includes negotiating cash collateral agreements, stay relief motions, defending preference actions, non-dischargeability issues, rejection/assumption of executory contract or lease issues.
Areas of Practice
- Banking & Finance Law
- Bankruptcy Law
- Bankruptcy Litigation
- Business & Commercial Law
- Business Litigation
- Business Organizations
- Closely-Held Businesses
- Collections & Repossessions
- Commercial Bankruptcy
- Commercial Leasing
- Commercial Real Estate
- Commercial Transactions
- Complex Litigation
- Creditor's Rights
- Land Use Law
- Zoning and Planning
- Transportation Law
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania, 1985
- New Jersey, 1985
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania
Education
- California Western School of Law, San Diego, California
- J.D. Degree - 1984
- Rutgers College, Rutgers State University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
- B.A. Degree, Economics - 1978
Published Works
- "Y2K Federal Statutory Update", November, 1999
- "US Supreme Court Rules on Expert Reports", October, 1999
Classes/Seminars
- Landlord-Tenant Law: When Tenant or Landlord Files for Bankruptcy, Sterling Educational Services, Inc., 2012
- Solar Energy and Land Use, National Business Institute, 2011
- When Tenant or Landlord Files for Bankruptcy, part of Landlord-Tenant Law Update seminar, Sterling Education Services, Inc., 2010
- Basic Business Contracts and Agreements, NJ Small Business Development Center - Rutgers School of Business Camden, 2009
- Mold Control: How to Identify, Prevent, Remediate, and Defend Against Mold Problems, Surety Title Corporation, 2005
- Mold Control: How to Identify, Prevent, Remediate, and Defend Against Mold Problems, New Jersey Shore Builders Association, Inc., 2005
- Mold Control: How to Identify, Prevent, Remediate, and Defend Against Mold Problems, Builders League of South Jersey, 2005
- Mold Control: How to Identify, Prevent, Remediate and Defend Against Mold Problems, Burlington County College, 2004
- Mold Control: How to Identify, Prevent, Remediate, and Defend Against Mold Problems, Builders League of South Jersey, 2003
- Mold Control: How to Identify, Cost Effectively Remediate & Prevent Mold Problems, co-sponsored with client, TTI Environmental, Inc., 2003
- Make Sense Out of the Revisions to Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code: What They Mean to Your Bottom Line, Capehart & Scatchard, P.A., 2001
- Commercial Lending Requirements and Loan Documentation in New Jersey, Lorman Education Services, 2001
Honors and Awards
- Recognized as one of South Jersey's "Top Attorneys" as published by SJ Magazine
- Recognized as one of South Jersey's "Awesome Attorneys" as published by South Jersey Magazine
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association, Member
- Camden County Bar Association, Member, Debtor/Creditor Section
- New Jersey Bar Association, Member, Debtor/Creditor and Banking/Finance Sections
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member
- Riverside Township Planning Board, Solicitor, 1996 - 2005

