Wanda Fowler was a Justice on the Fourteenth Court of Appeals for almost 14 years before joining Wright Close & Barger, LLP as a partner. While on the Court she authored approximately 1900 opinions and decided approximately 3,800 more cases. In 2001, the other members of the Court elected her Acting Chief Justice for five months pending an appointment of a new chief justice and, in 2003, the Houston Chapter of the Texas Association of Civil Trial and Appellate Specialists voted her Appellate Judge of the Year. She is a frequent speaker at Continuing Legal Education Seminars. Before joining the Court, Ms. Fowler was a commercial litigator in private practice, and was in-house legal counsel for GTE Mobilnet. Ms. Fowler is an American Arbitration Association (AAA) panelist and presides over arbitrations involving complex commercial disputes, insurance coverage matters, and construction cases. She has been appointed as a neutral or non-neutral arbitrator on a variety of matters. In addition, she has served as a mediator on a variety of litigation cases involving commercial transactions, energy law, insurance coverage, and personal injury claims.

Mr. Fox represents individuals charged in most Central Ohio counties, including Municipal Courts, Mayor’s Courts and Common Pleas Courts in Franklin County, Madison County, Delaware County, Union County, Fairfield County, Clark County and other Ohio jurisdictions. Mr. Fox also handles administrative hearings at the Ohio DPS/BMV. If you’ve been accused of a crime, you need the help of an experienced criminal defense attorney who can help you navigate through complex legal challenges. You can trust Attorney Steve Fox to provide zealous, ethical and professional representation.

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Attorney Ardené Fox currently accepts family law, juvenile, and adoption cases. She is committed to providing high-quality legal representation to her clients and has dedicated her practice to supporting families through the most challenging times in their lives. In addition to working in private practice, Attorney Fox has served as an Assistant Attorney General representing the Arizona Department of Child Safety in dependency, guardianship, termination of parental rights, and adoption matters. With experience representing both individuals and the State, Attorney Fox acknowledges that clients have different needs requiring tailored representation. As such, she does not believe in a one size fits all approach to representing clients and has the ability to adapt her representation style to align with her client’s specific needs. In order to support her clients to make empowered and informed decisions that feel right for them, Attorney Fox understands that she must gain insight into each client’s experience and perspective to effectively represent them. Most importantly, Attorney Fox remains dedicated to representing her clients with integrity and respect.

Mr. Fox was a litigator in 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. On the basis of his two law degrees from the University of Paris and familiarity with local customs, he was assigned to represent U.S. clients in the acquisition of European companies and the financing of foreign projects. Since he also spoke Spanish, which was not at the time common among New York lawyers, he began to represent U.S. companies in Latin America. After founding the firm in 1968, his practice expanded to the representation of foreign firms exporting, licensing technology, and acquiring businesses in the United States, as well as advising American companies doing business abroad. Mr. Fox taught comparative law at New York University Law School and for ten years served on its 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. He has chaired committees of the Association of the Bar of New York City, including the Finance Committee, the Committee on Professional Responsibility, and the Committee on the Lawyers’ role in the Search for Peace. This experience, together with two terms as President of the New York University 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.