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Cox P.L.L.C. is excited to announce the opening of our San Antonio office

Cox P.L.L.C. is excited to announce the opening of our San Antonio office, located at 200 Austin Highway, Suite 302, in the Alamo Heights area of San Antonio! We are proud to announce that we have four locations: Dallas, Houston, Tulsa, and now San Antonio! This new location will expand our reach in Central and South Texas, advancing our mission to serve clients with top-tier legal services anytime, anywhere!

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March 15, 2025

June 12, 2023

LAUREN LOPEZ PROMOTED TO PARTNER

Lauren Lopez has been promoted to Partner, effective June 12, 2023. Lauren has been an incredible part of our team, providing top service to our clients, who have expressed positive comments on her behalf. She is also known as a team player around the firm, always willing to jump in and assist. We truly appreciate Lauren’s grace, integrity, diligence, and synergy, in her work product, and in her relationships with our team and clients. “I am honored and blessed to be promoted to partner at Cox P.L.L.C..  I am excited to continue working alongside our amazing team and fostering the...
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March 2, 2023

SARAH SCHULLER PROMOTED TO PARTNER

We are very pleased to announce the promotion of attorney Sarah Schuller to Partner, effective March 2, 2023. Since joining our firm, she has broadened her expertise in handling very serious losses and has proven that she is a valued asset to our clients, who have expressed very positive feedback on her behalf. We truly appreciate Sarah’s grace, integrity, diligence, and synergy, in her work product, and in her relationships with our team and clients. “I am incredibly grateful and honored to be promoted to Partner at Cox P.L.L.C. I look forward to collaborating with our team and clients to...
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February 1, 2023

JAS BRAICH PROMOTED TO DALLAS MANAGING PARTNER

We are very pleased to announce the promotion of Jas Braich to Dallas Managing Partner, effective January 1, 2023. Jas joined our team in May 2018, as Partner, and now has over 20 years of legal experience. In recent years, he has broadened his expertise in handling commercial and catastrophic losses, in various risk lines, and has been originating client business. Additionally, Jas has proven to be a valued asset, to many of our clients, who have expressed very positive and ongoing feedback on his behalf. Jas has moreover exhibited fantastic work ethic, commitment to the team, and consistent/honorable leadership...
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July 15, 2022

UNANIMOUS JURY DETERMINES COX P.L.L.C.’S CLIENT TRUCK DRIVER NOT NEGLIGENT FOR COLLISION WITH SENIOR CITIZENS; COURT ASSESSES COSTS AGAINST PLAINTIFFS

(Denton, Texas) – A unanimous 12-person jury in Denton County, Texas found that our clients, a national trucking company and their driver, were not negligent in an April 19, 2019 three-car accident on Interstate 35 North. Plaintiffs were seeking $1 million. The jury returned a verdict within 45 minutes, answering “No” on the separate negligence questions for each plaintiff, one, a 93-year-old World War II veteran, and the other, his 74-year-old caretaker. Tracy Freeman, Cox’s Houston office managing partner was lead counsel and he was assisted by Steven Shattuck (Of Counsel) and Dominique Johnson (Legal Assistant). The responding police officer...
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May 27, 2022

MARJORIE NICOL CO-AUTHORS ARTICLE; HINOJOS V. STATE FARM LLOYDS: TWO PERSPECTIVES

Marjorie Nicol, Partner, and co-author Jason McLaurin, offer differing opinions on the impact of a Texas Supreme Court decision related to the effect of the Texas Prompt Payment of Claims Act on appraisal. See Journal of Texas Insurance Law, Winter ed. 2022. Full article linked here: https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:73205711-2195-480e-9ff9-37d0543f80a8
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April 13, 2022

CLINT COX PARTICIPATES IN NUCLEAR VERDICT WEBINAR

Clint Cox participated in the GenRe webinar, titled “Diffusing the Bomb: How carriers and counsel can collaborate to minimize the potential for “Nuclear Verdicts” and unexpected case outcomes. Clients and Adjusters had an opportunity to hear from the panel about the rising number of these grossly enlarged settlement and verdict awards, how to combat Plaintiff strategies and wrong messaging about the safety of the trucking industry, and how to use the strengths of the law to the best advantage of our clients. For more information about this topic, please feel free to reach out to Clint at ccox@coxpllc.com.
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March 1, 2022

ACE TEAM JOINS COX P.L.L.C.

Cox P.L.L.C. is delighted to welcome Jennifer Kelley and her team of attorneys and staff, specializing in coverage, bad faith, first- and third-party claims; with over 50 years of combined experience!
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February 16, 2022

COX P.L.L.C. HOUSTON MANAGING PARTNER TRACY FREEMAN’S CLIENT OBTAINS COMPLETE VICTORY AT ARBITRATION; CLIENT AWARDED ITS FEES AND COSTS

Houston – Cox P.L.L.C. is pleased to announce that its client, a global consulting firm and its director, won a complete defense award following a one-week JAMS Arbitration proceeding in Houston last Summer. The arbitrator, a former United States federal district court judge, issued a 37-page Opinion and Interim Award on February 15, 2022, finding for our Client on all causes of action and awarding our Client, as prevailing party, its attorney’s fees, costs, and expenses. Tracy Freeman, the Managing Partner of our Houston Office was lead counsel for the Client. He was assisted by Senior Paralegal Christie Bunch. The...
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February 11, 2022

TEXAS SUPREME COURT RECOGNIZES EXCEPTION TO 8-CORNERS RULE

The Texas Supreme Court issued the much-anticipated opinion in Monroe Guar. Ins. Co. v. BITCO Gen. Ins. Corp. (attached), recognizing an exception to the eight corners rule. Specifically, the Court held that if the underlying petition states a claim that could trigger the duty to defend, and the application of the eight-corners rule is not determinative of whether coverage exists, due to gaps in the pleading, Texas law permits consideration of extrinsic evidence so long as it: (1) goes solely to an issue of coverage and does not overlap with the merits of liability, (2) does not contradict facts alleged...
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