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Jan L. Fox

Education

  • J.D. West Virginia University
    B.A. West Virginia University

Bar Admissions

  • West Virginia


Jan L. Fox
Member

Jan L. Fox
Member

Jan Fox has focused her practice in the area of labor and employment law. Ms. Fox has tried jury, non-jury, and administrative cases and has argued approximately 65 appeals in the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals and the United States Court of Appeals.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • Defended discrimination claims of race, gender, age, disability, religion and national origin in state and federal courts as well as claims brought before the EEOC and state human rights agencies
  • Defended boards of education in negligence, wrongful hiring and supervision, and due process claims in both state and federal courts
  • Tried numerous jury cases to verdict in state and federal courts

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 1992
    Steptoe & Johnson
  • 1985-1992
    Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of West Virginia

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / AWARDS

  • American Bar Association
  • National School Board Association Council of School Attorneys
  • Employment Section, West Virginia State Bar
  • Kanawha County Bar Association
  • The Best Lawyers in America®
  • Distinguished West Virginian, 1993
  • Moot Court Board
  • Order of the Barristers
  • Undergraduate magna cum laude, West Virginia University

INDUSTRY / CIVIC MEMBERSHIPS

  • West Virginia Board of Architects
  • Volunteer, West Virginia Public Radio
  • West Virginia Symphony League
  • Kanawha Valley Chapter, West Virginia University Alumni Association