Jon Scott Fox has been named by Seattle Metropolitan Magazine as being one of the top criminal defense attorneys in King County. The result is based upon a survey of peer-review ratings administered by Martindale-Hubbell. According to Seattle Metropolitan, "Our list includes only those practitioners in King County who have been judged by their peers to be 'AV Preeminent'—the highest peer-review rating available."

Jon has consistently been recognized as one of the top criminal defense attorneys in Washington state. He has regularly been honored as a Super Lawyer by Washington Law and Politics, and has been named as one of the "Top 25" criminal defense attorneys in Washington by the magazine. Jon has been honored by Seattle Magazine as one of "Seattle's Best Lawyers," and Avvo gives him its very highest rating for Washington state DUI attorneys.