GRANT FOX is a member of the law firm of the FOX LAW GROUP, PA, in Tupelo, Mississippi. He is licensed to practice law in the states of Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee. He focuses his civil practice exclusively in the areas of business torts, personal injury, employment law, insurance bad faith actions, and social security disability claims. Mr. Fox served as counsel to a party in a case that was widely reported as the largest wrongful death settlement in the history of Mississippi. 

In 1998, Fox served as lead counsel in Bruff vs. North Mississippi Medical Center. The week long trial in Federal Court garnered national media attention due to the fact that Bruff, a licensed professional counselor, had asked her employer to accommodate her religious beliefs and not require her to counsel homosexual couples on their relationships. The jury awarded Bruff in excess of $2.1M in damages finding that the Medical Center made no attempt to accommodate Bruff's beliefs. On appeal, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed the jury award and ruled that it would have been an undue hardship on Bruff's employer to accommodate her religious beliefs. Concerning the Bruff decision, Fox said, "this will forever serve as my signature case. Sandy's case was about religious freedom and whether or not Christian beliefs will be protected in the workplace. The answer is, no. The Fifth Circuit's opinion serves as a stark reminder that all across America our Federal Appellate Court Judges view themselves as super jurors and intellectual elitists, who have little respect for the jury system that I consider to be sacrosanct. "

In 2002, Fox represented a group of Republican voters in Mississippi's Congressional redistricting litigation. Fox served on a team of lawyers that tried both the action in Hinds County Chancery Court and the federal case before a three-judge panel sitting in the Southern District of Mississippi. Ultimately, the federal court struck down the state court plan as being unconstitutional and crafted its own districting plan. The United States Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case on December 10, 2002, and later affirmed the District Court's decision. Following the high court's decision, Fox said, "It was very important to North Mississippians that our region of the state have a Congressional district that took into account historical boundaries." 

In addition to his private practice, from 1998 to 2000, Mr. Fox also served as Chief Municipal Court Judge for the City of Tupelo. In announcing Fox's appointment Mayor Glenn McCullough stated, "He has earned the respect of the citizens of Tupelo and Northeast Mississippi."  During Fox's tenure as judge, he oversaw the Tupelo Municipal Court Improvement Plan, reducing a tremendous backlog of cases from 18 months to 60 days. Fine collections increased from less than $1 million a year to over $1.5 million in 2000.

A graduate of Millsaps College where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree, Mr. Fox received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Mississippi School of Law, where he served as President of the Law School Student Body.

Prior to entering private practice in Mississippi, Mr. Fox served as a Legislative Counsel to United States Senator Thad Cochran in Washington, D.C., as Associate Counsel to the Board of Veterans' Appeals in the United States Department of Veterans' Affairs, and as a Legal Assistant to the Veterans' Affairs Committee in the United States House of Representatives.

Following his service in Washington, Mr. Fox ran for the United States Congress at the age of 27. In a June 26, 1994 article, political columnist Bill Minor writing in the Clarion Ledger said, "Fox stunned observers by beating out four other candidates in the GOP primary on June 7 to reach the runoff."  He was eventually defeated in the Republican runoff by the current incumbent Congressman from Mississippi's First Congressional District. Since that time, Mr. Fox has served as a member of the Mississippi Republican Party's State Executive Committee and the Lee County Republican Executive Committee.

Fox was appointed in 2003 by Governor Haley Barbour to the Governor's Judicial Appointments Advisory Committee, which recommends attorneys for appointment as judges to the various courts throughout the state of Mississippi.

Mr. Fox periodically serves as an advisor to candidates for state, federal and judicial office. He has worked on numerous campaigns. His involvement centers around advice to the candidate on every aspect of the campaign from fund-raising to media to the day to day operation of the campaign. He says, "outside of  faith and family, politics is my only hobby."

Mr. Fox serves on the Executive Board for the Yocona Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He is a native of Houston, Mississippi, and he and his wife, Sara, reside in Tupelo where they are active members of Calvary Baptist Church. The Foxes have a son, John, who was born on June 6, 2001.