AMIRA FOX is the State Attorney for the 20th Judicial Circuit of Florida covering Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry and Lee counties. She graduated from American University in Washington D.C. in 1987 with degrees in International Studies and Economics and received her law degree from The George Washington University in 1990. Ms. Fox began her career as an Assistant State Attorney with the 20th Judicial Circuit in 1990. She worked in the misdemeanor, juvenile and felony divisions of the State Attorney’s Office before becoming head of the Hendry and Glades office in 1998. In 1999, she became the first woman to head the Collier County office. She entered private practice in 2002, and formed her own practice in 2004, where she specialized in criminal defense and family law. She rejoined the State Attorney’s Office in 2012 as Chief of the Homicide and Economic Crime Units and in 2015 she became Chief Assistant State Attorney overseeing the day to day legal and administrative functions of the office, including the operation of grand juries throughout the circuit.
In November 2018, Ms. Fox was elected State Attorney, becoming the third State Attorney, and the first woman State Attorney, in the history of the Circuit. She was re-elected, unopposed, in 2022 and in 2026, for a term continuing through January 2031. She has prosecuted hundreds of cases including numerous first-degree murder death penalty cases. Ms. Fox serves as the President of the Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association and on the Board of the National District Attorney’s Association. She also serves on the Supreme Court of Florida Criminal Court Steering Committee, and the Florida Medical Examiners Commission. She was appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis to the Sixth District Court of Appeals Judicial Nominating Commission where she is serving a four year term. She is the recipient of the GEM award for excellence in public service, the Homeland Security Investigations outstanding partnership award, the Woman of the Year award from the Lee Republican Women Cape Coral, the Woman Lawyer of the Year Award from the Collier County Women’s Bar Association, and the Legacy of Leadership award from the Conservative Leadership Caucus.
State Attorney Fox is a member of the Fort Myers Rotary Club, and serves on the board of the Shelter for Abused Women and Children, and the PACE Center for Girls. Amira’s husband Mike served with the Collier County Sheriff’s Office for over 30 years and they have four children.