Chair, Alternative Energy and Co-Chair, Real Estate & Land Use Practice
Mr. Fox focuses his practice on alternative energy (including wind and solar), banking, bankruptcy, creditors’ rights, workouts, commercial and transportation litigation, commercial transactions, business/corporate law, commercial and residential real estate, zoning and land use law.
Mr. Fox has developed his practice in the areas of commercial litigation, commercial transactions, bankruptcy, business law, real estate, real estate tax appeals, renewable energy law, zoning and land use law. He represents both lenders and borrowers in commercial lending. He has over 30 years of experience presenting land use applications before zoning and planning boards, including 8 years as the solicitor for the Riverside Township Land Use Board. He has litigated zoning matters at the appellate level. He successfully won a railroad condemnation case for a Class 1 railroad before the NJ Supreme Court.
His commercial real estate practice covers shopping centers, restaurants, retail, office buildings, manufacturing, warehouses and residential developments, as well as net metering and community solar energy projects. He navigates his clients through the local, county and the state regulatory permits and approvals process.
Currently, his alternative energy practice has expanded into transactions related to and obtaining zoning approvals for photovoltaic solar electric production systems in New Jersey, as well as transactional documents for solar projects including options and purchase agreements, easements, PPAs and related documents. His alternative energy practice is expanding into more growth opportunities including electric vehicle charging stations, development of the Offshore Wind industry and battery storage for alternative energy projects.
Mr. Fox’s commercial litigation experience covers a wide variety of industries, including banking, landscape, manufacturing, construction, automotive retail, real estate development, wholesale floral and solar energy projects. He also assists creditors with collections under notes and loan agreements, security agreements, mortgage foreclosure, replevin or assignments of rents. His representation of creditors in the bankruptcy court includes negotiating cash collateral agreements, stay relief motions, defending preference actions, non-dischargeability issues, rejection/assumption of executor contract or lease issues.
