Alumnus/Alumna of the Month

Donald T. Fox (LL.B. ’56)

Read an Interview with Donald T. Fox.

Donald T. Fox is the founder of the international law firm of Fox Horan and Camerini, L.L.P., where his practice has centered on the representation of foreign firms who are in the business of exporting, licensing technology, and acquiring businesses in the United States.

Previously, Fox was a litigator at a large Wall Street law firm when the establishment of the European Economic Community caused U.S. corporations to think about acquiring a European foothold to avoid potential trade barriers. Using his two law degrees from the University of Paris and familiarity with local customs, he was active in representing U.S. clients in the acquisition of European companies and the financing of foreign projects. He also speaks Spanish, which he used to represent U.S. companies in Latin America, and has a reading knowledge of Italian and Portuguese.

Fox taught comparative law at NYU School of Law and for ten years served on the Board of Trustees, with oversight responsibility for the foreign law institutes. As chairman of the American Association for the International Commission of Jurists, he has conducted missions and written reports on the judicial systems of foreign countries, from Hungary to Colombia. He is a life trustee of the American Bar Foundation, a sustaining life member of the American Law Institute and a member of many organizations involved in foreign affairs, including the Council on Foreign Relations, the Council of the Americas, and the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce. Fox has chaired committees of the Association of the Bar of New York City, including the Finance Committee and the Committee on Professional Responsibility. This experience, together with two terms as president of the NYU School of Law Alumni Association and as president of the University's federation of alumni associations, has provided a good knowledge of local conditions in New York City.

Fox graduated from Harvard University (A.B. magna cum laude , 1951), NYU School of Law (LL.B. 1956), where he was a Root-Tilden Scholar, and the University of Paris. (Brevet de Traduction et de Terminologie Juridiques 1957, Diplôme de Droit Comparé, 1961). He is an Albert Gallatin Fellow of NYU, recipient of the Alumni Meritorious Service Award and a member of the President's Associates of Harvard University.