City Attorney Anthony Fox

Anthony Fox was appointed to serve as Interim City Attorney by the Charlotte City Council in December 2024.

In this role, he is responsible for providing policy and legal advice as well as transactional and litigation services to the Mayor, City Council, City Manager, City Administration and all City Boards and Committees. This includes providing legal services in support of community safety initiatives, economic and neighborhood development, affordable housing and community-building initiatives. The City Attorney's Office is also responsible for providing in-house legal counsel to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD), the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport (CLT), and the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS).

Anthony has more than 30 years of experience representing municipalities in North Carolina—both as an assistant city attorney and as a town attorney—from Wilmington to Asheville, including his vast experience on state boards and commissions. He has advised municipalities, school boards, public sector clients, regulated industries, and corporate clients before administrative bodies and all levels of the North Carolina state court system, federal district courts, and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is also admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court.

As a former assistant city attorney, town attorney and an attorney who handles municipalities’ overflow work, Anthony is actively involved in the issues facing cities and towns today, from defending their positions on complex legal matters like annexation, zoning, construction, and land use disputes, to shaping public-private developments or structuring municipal acquisitions.

Anthony is active in his community, having had local and state appointments from governors and mayors of both major political parties. He is a past president of the North Carolina Association of Municipal Attorneys and remains an active member. He also served as the sole attorney on the Federal Communication Commission’s Intergovernmental Advisory Committee and was appointed to the City of Charlotte Airport Commission.

Anthony received his juris doctorate from North Carolina Central University, has a Master’s in Public Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and graduated cum laude from North Carolina A&T State University.