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  Fox, Tim
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AffiliationRepublican  
  2012-01-01  
 
NameTim Fox
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Helena, Montana , United States
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Born August 22, 1957 (66 years)
ContributorCraverguy
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Feb 08, 2022 06:27pm
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InfoBeginnings

Tim Fox was born in 1957 as the fifth and last child of a hard-working Hardin, Montana family. Like many kids in small agricultural communities, Tim began working at a young age, and soon developed a strong work ethic thanks in part tothe depression-era work ethic of his parents, Rich and Roberta Fox. He attended Hardin public schools, and graduated from Hardin High School, and the University of Montana with degrees in geology (1981) and law (1987). A standout athlete in high school and college, and an amateur athlete after college, Tim knows how to set and achieve goals, how to lead, and how to be a team player.


Civil Servant, Criminal Law Practitioner, Corporate Counsel, and PrivatePractice Lawyer

After serving as a law clerk to Associate Justice L.C. Gulbrandson of the Montana Supreme Court, Tim began practicing law with the Billings, Montana law firm of Moulton, Bellingham & Longo in 1988. He first entered public service in 1990 when recruited to develop a new environmental regulatory program for the Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation. After three years as a State of Montana employee, he established a solo law firm in Billings where he served as a contract public defender for the City of Billings practicing criminal law, in addition to maintaining a civil law practice. Tim and his family moved to Helena, Montana in 1995 to assist then Governor Marc Racicot in his bid for reelection. Shortly after arriving in Helena, he went to work for the Montana Department of Environmental Quality as a Special Assistant Attorney General. In 1998, Tim was promoted to a Division Administrator management position with the DEQ where he managed people, programs, and budgets for the people of Montana. In 1999, Tim was hired as Vice-President and Legal Counsel for a Helena-based national bank, Mountain West Bank. He served in that position for over four years before re-entering private practice with one of Helena's oldest and most prestigious law firms, Gough, Shanahan, Johnson & Waterman. Over the years, Tim has litigated numerous complex cases for individual Montanans, and Montana businesses. Like many dedicated Montana attorneys, Tim devotes considerable time to providing pro bono legal services to Montanans who cannot afford an attorney, and to charitable and faith-based organizations. As a business, real estate, environmental and commercial law attorney, Tim knows and understands the challenges that large and small Montana businesses face in a competitive market with layers of government regulations and taxes.


Community Leader, Manager, and Administrator

Tim's parents were tireless community leaders. Growing up, Tim and his brothers learned that service to others, particularly the disadvantaged and the disenfranchised, was both gratifying and necessary to the success of democracy in America. Through the years, Tim has served in leadership positions on the board of directors of low income and disabled housing projects in Billings, two Montana symphony orchestras (Billings and Helena), a faith-based private K-12 school, the Carroll College Saints Athletic Association, and the Florence Crittenton Home, among other charitable and faith-based organizations. As a nationally-certified track and field official, Tim donates his time, money, and travel expenses to college athletic programs throughout the Northwest. Tim was also appointed by Governor Marc Racicot to serve on the board of directors of the Montana Historical Society, and by Governor Judy Martz to serve on the Montana State Banking Board. His community leadership, together with over seven years as a State of Montana public servant, make Tim uniquely qualified to be Montana's next Attorney General.

Family Ties

Tim's brothers are Dr. Richard A. Fox, Jr. a professor at the University of South Dakota, Mike Fox, a retired National Park Service employee, Steve Fox, a retired Montana public high school teacher, and Dennis Fox who manages the family's business property in the Hardin area. Tim is married to the former Karen Wagner of Idaho Falls, Idaho, and together they have four children - Anna Emmert (married to JD Emmert), Michael McMahon, Laura McMahon, and Caroline Fox - and one grandchild, Grace Olivia Emmert.


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02/15/2013-02/17/2013 Public Policy Polling 23.00% ( 0.0) 23.00% ( 0.0) 54.00% ( 0.0)

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  11/06/2012 MT Attorney General Won 53.68% (+7.36%)
  06/05/2012 MT Attorney General- R Primary Won 57.80% (+15.61%)
  11/04/2008 MT Attorney General Lost 47.50% (-5.00%)
  06/03/2008 MT Attorney General - R Primary Won 56.59% (+13.18%)
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