Tim Fox

Tim Fox was born in 1957 as the fifth and last child of a hard-working Hardin, Montana family. He attended Hardin public schools, and graduated from Hardin High School, and the University of Montana with degrees in geology (1981) and law (1987). A standout athlete in high school and college, and an amateur athlete after college, Tim knows how to set and achieve goals, how to lead, and how to be a team player. After serving as a law clerk to Associate Justice L.C. Gulbrandson of the Montana Supreme Court, Tim began practicing law with the Billings, Montana law firm of Moulton, Bellingham & Longo in 1988. He first entered public service in 1990 when recruited to develop a new environmental regulatory program for the Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation. After three years as a State of Montana employee, he established a solo law firm in Billings where he served as a contract public defender for the City of Billings practicing criminal law, in addition to maintaining a civil law practice. Tim and his family moved to Helena, Montana in 1995 to assist then Governor Marc Racicot in his bid for reelection. Tim’s brothers are Dr. Richard A. Fox, Jr. a retired University of South Dakota professor, Mike Fox, a retired National Park Service employee, Steve Fox, a retired Montana public high school teacher, and Dennis Fox who manages the family business in the Hardin area. Tim is married to the former Karen Wagner of Idaho Falls, Idaho, and together they have four children – Anna McMahon, Michael McMahon, Laura McMahon, and Caroline Fox – and one grandchild, Grace Olivia Emmert.