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Sally B. Fox - Pensacola, FL

30 South Spring Street Pensacola, FL 32502- 5612

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Updated: 02/08/2017

Pensacola Creditors' Rights & Bankruptcy Lawyer

Overview

Sally Bussell Fox has been a practicing attorney since 1983.She received her B.A. degree from TulaneUniversity and her J.D. from Cumberland School of Law.She graduated in the top 12% of her law school class, was a Dean's List student and was Associate Editor of the American Journal of Trial Advocacy.

Sally primarily represents financial institutions and businesses handling creditor bankruptcies, foreclosures and collections...

About Sally B. Fox

Practice Areas

  • Creditors' Rights & Bankruptcy
  • Collections & Foreclosures
  • Real Property Transaction & Litigation
  • Commercial Transaction & Litigation
  • Trademark, Copyright and Business Formation
  • Banking Law

Current Employment Position(s)

  • Director

Qualifications

Bar Admissions

  • Florida, 1983
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1984
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida, 1984
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Alabama, 1984
  • U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1984
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1984
  • U.S. Federal Courts, 1984
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1992

Specialties and Certifications

  • Real Estate Law Specialist, The Florida Bar, 1991

Other Affiliations

  • Foundation for Excellence, 1988 - 1998 (Board Member)
  • Baptist Hospital Women's Service Advisory Board, 1988 - 1993 (Board Member)
  • Junior League of Pensacola, 1988 - Present (Past President and Board Member)
  • Escambia/Santa Rosa Bar Association, 1990 - Present (Past President and Executive Counsel Bar Foundation Committee, All Bar)
  • Florida Bar, 1990 - Present (Member, Service on Bankruptcy/UCC Committee)
  • Florida Bar, 1984 - 1994 (Member, Professional Ethics Committee)
  • American Bar Association, 1991 - Present (Service on the Consumer Bankruptcy Committee)
  • LEAP Alumni (Member/Former Board Member)
  • Fiesta Club (Member)
  • Maids of Myrth (Member)
  • Zonta Club of Pensacola, 1985 - 1990 (Past President)
  • Cumberland Scholarship Committee, 1981 - 1983 (Student Chairperson)
  • Florida Bar, 1983 - Present (Member)
  • Florida Bar, 1994 - Present (Member, Committee on Real Estate Certification)
  • Florida Bar, 1996 - 1997 (Chair, Committee on Real Estate Certification)
  • Florida Bar, 1995 - 1996 (Vice Chair, Committee on Real Estate Certification)
  • Florida Bar, 1995 - Present (Member, Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Executive Council)
  • Florida Bar, Chair, Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Executive, 1997 - Present (Council, Subcommittee on Zoning and Code Enforcement)
  • Florida Bar, Chair, Probate & Trust Law Executive Council,, 1996 - 1997 (Committee on Certification)
  • Florida Bar, Co-Chair, Real Property, Probate & Trust Law, 1995 - 1996 (Executive Council, Committee on Certification)
  • Florida Bar, 1984 - 1989 (Member, Committee on Admiralty)
  • Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association, 1992 - 1993 (Secretary)
  • Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association, 1993 - 1994 (Member, Committee on Legislation Information)
  • Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association, 1984 - 1985 (Member, Attorney/Realtor Committee)
  • Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association, 1988 - 1989 (Vice Chairwoman, Attorney/Realtor Committee)
  • Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association, 1986 - 1988 (Member, Committee on CLE)
  • American Bar Association, 1983 - Present (Member)
  • American Bar Association, 1992 - Present (Member, Committee on Foreclosure and Related Remedies)
  • American Bar Association, Member, Committee on Workouts, Enforcement, 1993 - 1994 (of Creditors Rights and Bankruptcy)
  • Northern District of Florida Bankruptcy Bar Association, 1990 - 1996 (Member)
  • Northern District of Florida Bankruptcy Bar Association, 1992 - Present (Board Member)
  • Northern District of Florida Bankruptcy Bar Association (Secretary, 1993-1994 and 1995-1996)
  • Attorneys' Title Insurance Fund, Inc. (Member, 1st and 14th Circuit Advisory Team)
  • Leadership Pensacola, Class of 1987-LEAP Pensacola Chamber of Commerce, 1989 - 1991 (Member, Leadership Pensacola Alumni Board)
  • Leadership Pensacola, Class of 1987-LEAP Pensacola Chamber of Commerce, 1989 - 1990 (Secretary, Leadership Pensacola Alumni Board)
  • Leadership Pensacola, Class of 1987-LEAP Pensacola Chamber of Commerce, 1989 (Chairwoman, Committee on Membership)
  • Leadership Pensacola, Class of 1987-LEAP Pensacola Chamber of Commerce, 1989 - 1990 (Member, Committee on Curriculum)
  • Leadership Pensacola, Class of 1987-LEAP Pensacola Chamber of Commerce, 1991 (Member, Committee on Pilot Curriculum)
  • Escambia County Council on Aging, Inc., 1996 - Present (Board Member)
  • Escambia County Council on Aging, Inc., 1997 - 1998 (Secretary)
  • Escambia County Council on Aging Foundation, Inc., 1994 - Present (Board Member)
  • Regional Greenways Task Force for the Northwest District of Florida, 1997 - Present (Member)
  • Sacred Heart Hospital Advisory Council for Women's Health Services, 1996 - Present (Charter Member)
  • Junior League of Pensacola, 1996 - 1997 (Chair, Done In A Day Committee)
  • Junior League of Pensacola, 1995 - 1996 (Co-Chair, Committee on Public Affairs)
  • Junior League of Pensacola, 1994 - 1995 (Chairwoman, Committee on Ways and Means)
  • Junior League of Pensacola, 1997 - Present (Recording Secretary)
  • Junior League of Pensacola, 1992 - 1993 (Chairwoman, Committee on Future Advisory Planning)
  • Junior League of Pensacola, 1991 - 1992 (Co-Chairwoman, Committee on Future Advisory Planning)
  • Junior League of Pensacola, 1989 - 1990 (Member, Committee on Acquisitions)
  • Junior League of Pensacola (Member, Committee on Ways and Means, 1988-1989 and 1993-1994)
  • Junior League of Pensacola, 1988 - 1989 (Member, Headquarters Committee)
  • Pensacola Rotary Club, 1995 - Present (Member)
  • Panhandle Tiger Bay Club, 1994 - Present (Member)
  • Cumberland Law School, 1994 - 1995 (Alumni Class Agent)
  • Maids of Myrth - Mardi Gras, 1991 - 1996 (Member)
  • Femme Nouvelle - Fiesta of Five Flags, 1991 - 1996 (Member)
  • Liberty Sertoma Club of Pensacola, 1987 - 1990 (Member)
  • Liberty Sertoma Club of Pensacola, 1987 - 1988 (Chairwoman, Committee on Partners in Education)
  • Liberty Sertoma Club of Pensacola, 1988 - 1989 (Chairwoman, Committee on Fundgiving)
  • Zonta Club of Pensacola, 1986 - 1988 (President)
  • Zonta Club of Pensacola, 1985 - 1986 (Vice President)
  • Zonta Club of Pensacola, 1985 - 1990 (Board Member)
  • Southern Association of Dance Masters (Member)
  • Escambia County, 1986 (Member, Republican Executive Committee)
  • Escambia County, Florida, 1996 - Present (Code Enforcement Special Master)
  • Escambia County, Florida, 1996 - Present (Rezoning Hearing Officer)

Education

  • Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, 1983
    J.D.
    Honors: Cumberland and National Dean's List, 1980-1983
    Honors: Who's Who Among American Law Students, 1981-1982
    Law Review: Associate Editor and Member, The American Journal of Trial Advocacy, 1981 - 1983
  • University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, 1981
    Major: Comparative Law
  • Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1980
    B.A.Pol.Sc, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
    Major: International Relations

Fraternities and Sororities

  • Delta Theta Phi

Past Positions

  • Emmanuel, Sheppard & Condon, Director, 2002 - Present
  • Carney Bussell & Associates Law Firm, P.A., President/CEO, 1998 - 2002
  • Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A., Shareholder, 1992 - 1998
  • Harrell, Wiltshire, Swearingen, Wilson & Harrell, P.A., Shareholder, 1983 - 1992

Classes and Seminars

  • Adjunct Professor of Bankruptcy, Pensacola Junior College, 1989 - 1992
  • Lecturer, Credit Associations
  • Lecturer, CLE Programs
  • Lecturer, Real Estate Investors Groups
  • Creditor's Rights in Bankruptcy, Continuing Education Seminar, American General Finance, Spring, 1996
  • How to Collect on Past Due Accounts, Women in Business Seminar, University of West Florida Small Business Development Center November, 1994
  • Choice of Business Entity, Continuing Education Seminar, Southern Regional Certified Financial Planners, November, 1994, 1994
  • New Laws of Interest, Gulf Coast Real Estate Investors Association, Summer, 1994
  • Bankruptcy from the Creditor's Point of View, Emerald Coast Credit Professionals, Spring, 1994
  • Transactional Ethics, Business Law Seminar, Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association, Spring, 1994
  • Understanding Basic Bankruptcy Law from a Creditors Point, Tri-County Seminar, Credit Professionals International, March, 1994
  • Mock Trial Demonstration on Bankruptcy Evidence, Bankruptcy Seminar, Northern District of Florida Bankruptcy Bar Association, November, 1993, 1993
  • New Foreclosure Bill and Clinton's New Tax Bill, Seminar, Credit Union Managers Association, Fall, 1993, 1993
  • New Laws of Interest, Gulf Coast Real Estate Investors Association, Summer, 1993
  • The Automatic Stay and Penalties for its Violation, Bankruptcy Seminar, Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association, August, 1993
  • Relief From the Automatic Stay, Bankruptcy Practices and Procedures Seminar, Northern District of Florida Bankruptcy Bar Association, November, 1992
  • Secured Creditors Rights in the 1990s, Bankruptcy Litigation in the 1990s, Creditors Rights Meet Hard Times Seminar, Florida Bar, November, 1992, 1992
  • ECOA/Credit Grantors, Credit Professionals International, July, 1992
  • Secured Creditors Rights in Bankruptcy, Seminar on Creditors' Rights in Florida, Are There Any Left?, Florida Bar, March, 1992
  • Bankruptcy's Impact on Real Estate Matters, Bankruptcy Seminar, Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association, March, 1992, 1992
  • Bankruptcy, WCI, Credit Workshop, Credit Professional, March, 1992
  • Legal Collection Procedures, Women in Business Seminar, University of West Florida's Small Business Development Center, November, 1991
  • Bankruptcy-Creditor's Attorneys, Bankruptcy Forum, Emerald Coast Chapter of the National Association of Bank Women, April, 1990
  • Real Estate Litigation, Florida Bar, 1997

Achievements

Other Sources of Feedback About Sally B. Fox

Included on the 2023 Florida list


Past Lists

  • 2022 Florida Super Lawyers list
  • 2021 Florida Super Lawyers list
  • 2020 Florida Super Lawyers list
  • 2019 Florida Super Lawyers list
  • 2018 Florida Super Lawyers list

View the profile for Sally B. Fox on Super Lawyers

Honors

  • Chamber of Commerce Leadership Pensacola Graduate, 1987
  • Who's Who in American Law, 1989 - 1995
  • Who's Who in Emerging Leaders, 1990 - 1992
  • First Place Winner, Alabama Young Lawyers and Bankers Association-Will and Estate Planning Contest, 1983
  • Pro Bono Award, Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association, 1994
  • BV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
  • Certificate of Commendation for Pro Bono Work from Northwest Florida Legal Services, Inc., 1991, 1992 and 1997
  • Sterling's Who's Who, 1994 - 1995
  • Two Thousand Notable American Women, 1995
  • The World Who's Who of Women, 1995
  • International Who's Who, 1995
  • Woman of the Year, American Biographical Institute, Inc., 1996
  • International Who's Who of Professionals, 1997

Video & Photo

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Office Information

Address

30 South Spring Street Pensacola, FL 32502- 5612

Fax

  • 850) 433-5856

Accepts Credit Cards

Yes

Publication

Articles

  • Bankruptcy's Impact on Secured Creditors Rights/Creditors Right's: Are There Any Left? The Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education, 1992
  • Bankruptcy's Impact on Real Estate The Escambia/Santa Rosa Bar Association Continuing Legal Education, 1992
  • Assignment of Rents Bankruptcy Practice & Procedure, The Florida Bar, 1990
  • Under What Type of Entity Should You Conduct Your Business?, Three Part Series, Builder/Architect Magazine, Gulf Coast Edition, 1994/1995
  • A Few Things That Should Be in Your Construction/Services Contract, Builder/Architect Magazine, Gulf Coast Edition, March, 1994
  • A Few Things That Should Be in Your Construction/Services Contract, Builder/Architect Magazine, Metro Atlanta Edition, May, 1994
  • A Few Things That Should Be in Your Construction/Services Contract, Builder/Architect Magazine, West Virginia Edition, May, 1994
  • Bankruptcy, The Harbinger Magazine, Pensacola, April, 1994
  • Professional Ethics from the Business Lawyer's View, 1994 Business Law Seminar Legislative Update, January, 1994
  • The Automatic Stay--Violation Could Put You in Jail, 1993 Bankruptcy Law Seminar, The Florida Bar, August, 1993
  • Relief from the Automatic Stay, Bankruptcy Practice & Procedures, Northern District of Florida Bankruptcy Bar, November, 1993
  • The Automatic Stay--Penalties For Violation Thereof, Escambia-Santa Rose Bar Association, August, 1993
  • Secured Creditors Rights in Bankruptcy, The Florida Bar, November, 1992
  • Secured Creditors Rights in Bankruptcy, The Florida Bar, March, 1992
  • Creditor's Motion to Prohibit Debtor's Use of Cash Collateral and Request for Emergency Hearing, Bankruptcy Practice & Procedure, The Florida Bar, January, 1991
  • Creditor's Memorandum of Law Supporting its Motion to Prohibit Debtor's Use of Cash Collateral, Bankruptcy Practice & Procedure, The Florida Bar, January, 1991
  • Bankruptcy Practice and Procedure, The Florida Bar, CLE, 1990
  • Possessory and Mechanics Liens, Florida Aviation Trades Association Newsletter, October, 1988
  • Recent Development, Civil Procedure-Minimum Contracts-The Limits of Long-Arm Statues, 6 Am. J. Trial Advoc. 502, Spring, 1983
  • Recent Development, Admiralty, Seamen's Injuries, Proximate Cause Held Necessary for Jones Act and Unseaworthiness Recovery, 6 Am. J. Trial Advoc. 364, Fall, 1982
  • Recent Development, Civil Procedure, The Balancing Test of Forum Non- Conveniens Upheld, 5 Am. J. Trial Advoc. 517, Spring, 1982

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