Brent Cox

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Counselor. Advocate. Litigator.

Experience: 15 years

Criminal Law, Personal Injury, Insurance Claims and 3 others

Kentucky and 6th Circuit

Public Advocate Award and AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating

Awards 2

Experience 15y

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Brent has been practicing law since 2008 when he became a judicial law clerk/staff attorney to the Hon. Jeffrey T. Burdette, Chief Judge, 28th Judicial Circuit, and Chief Regional Circuit Judge, Cumberland Region. As a law clerk/staff attorney, Brent worked on matters ranging from death penalty cases to will contests, business litigation, and property claims. Brent received his B.A. in English from the University of Kentucky and his J.D. from the Ohio Northern University College of Law. During law school, Brent became a member of Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity and the American Constitution Society. He worked as a teaching assistant and research assistant during his 2nd and 3rd years. Brent was a member of the Moot Court Board of Advocates and a Winner of the 2007 Burke Smith Mock Trial Competition. Brent is a member of the American, Fayette County, and Kentucky Bar Associations; American Association for Justice; Kentucky Justice Association; Director-at-Large, Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; and a Barrister in the American Inns of Court (Central Kentucky Inn). Brent is admitted to practice in the Courts of the Commonwealth of Kentucky; United States District Courts, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky; and the United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Brent received an AV rating from the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating Survey which is the highest rating for ability and ethics. On June 17, 2014, Brent received the 2014 Public Advocate Award from the Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy during its annual conference for his conflict representation of indigent defendants. Brent takes conflict cases from multiple DPA trial offices. Brent is a native of Lexington and married to the former Tara Knapp. They have twin sons who are now 10 years old.

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

Kentucky

Since 2008

6th Circuit

Since 2008

Professional Experience

2010 - Current

COX ATTORNEY PLLC

Attorney

Private Practice

2008 - 2010

28th Judicial Circuit, Kentucky

Law Clerk/Staff Attorney

Law Clerk/Staff Attorney to the Hon. Jeffrey T. Burdette, Chief Judge

Education

2008

The Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law

J.D. (2008) | Law

Honors: Moot Court Board of Advocates, Burke Smith Mock Trial Competition Winner

2004

University of Kentucky

B.A. (2004) | English

Awards

year - Brent Cox

Public Advocate Award

Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy

AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating

Martindale-Hubbell

Contacts

Cox Attorney PLLC 709 Millpond Road Lexington KY 40514-1561 Telephone: (859) 258-2269 Fax: (877) 589-2269

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Brent Cox Counselor. Advocate. Litigator.

Experience: 15 years

Website: Open

Phone: (859) 258-2269

Location: USA

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Practice Areas

Criminal Law

Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes

Personal Injury

Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death

Insurance Claims

Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance

Appeals & Appellate

Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals

White Collar Crime

Collections

Languages

English: Spoken, Written

Certifications

Trial Practice Institute 2015

National Criminal Defense College

Capital Defense Institute 2016

Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy

Essentials of Defense Investigation 2014

Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy

Essentials of Forensic Science for Legal Professionals 2013

West Virginia University Forensic Science Initiative

Capital Case Training 2017

Darrow Baldus Death Penalty College

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