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We are very please to announce the promotion of Nicole Biscoe to Partner. “I am honored to be promoted to Partner and honored to be a part of the Cox team at Cox, PLLC to begin with. It is truly a blessing. This firm has been such a blessing in allowing an opportunity to grow my career while providing the steady work/life balance we all deserve and seek. There is no other litigation law firm I would ever work for. The flexibility and collaboration with some of the greatest colleagues is simply unmatched. I will forever be grateful to those at this firm who have taken time out of their schedules to strategize and discuss the best path forward on complex legal issues and providing constant support and encouragement. The culture at Cox, PLLC is unbeatable, to say the least, and the clients are some of the best clients I have ever worked with. I love the team I work with. Everyone is so humble and just the salt of the earth type people, the cream of the crop so to speak. Most of all, I love that God comes first in this business. It is my sincerest gratitude to …

Cox PLLC’s insurance coverage team continues to do an amazing job with our coverage work clients. Read more here in their 3rd Quarter Newsletter!

Great news to share here! Staci Glenn was elected to membership in the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation.  Fellows of the Foundation are selected for their outstanding professional achievements and their demonstrated commitment to the improvement of the justice system throughout the state of Texas. Election is a mark of distinction and recognition of Staci’s contributions to the legal profession. Selection as a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation is restricted to members of the State Bar of Texas. Each year one-third of one percent of Texas attorneys are invited to become Fellows.  Once nominees are selected, they must be elected by the Texas Bar Foundation Board of Trustees.  Membership has grown from an initial 255 Charter Members in 1965 to more than 10,000 Fellows throughout Texas today. The Texas Bar Foundation is the largest charitably funded bar foundation in the country. Founded in 1965 by lawyers determined to assist the public and improve the profession of law, the Texas Bar Foundation has maintained its mission of using the financial contributions of its membership to build a strong justice system for all Texans. To date, the Texas Bar Foundation has distributed more than $26 million throughout Texas to Assist …

Fantastic Commercial Motor Carrier win for our clients! It’s not often any defense matter prevails in “The Valley” of Texas; Hidalgo County! Congrats to our Cox PLLC Team Tracy Freeman, Michael Myers and Viviana Miramontez, on obtaining summary judgement on all claims against our driver and motor carrier! Way to go ya’ll!

Cox PLLC is very excited to have official boots on the ground in Tulsa, Oklahoma!

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.

Cox PLLC 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!

Houston – Cox PLLC 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 Claimant is an entrepreneur and inventor of novel anti-corrosion technology designed to remove contaminants and other corrosive materials from concrete, metal, and other structural surfaces in the oil and gas industry. After years patenting, modifying, and re-patenting his technology with little financial success, Claimant retained our Client to disentangle him from an unfavorable business deal and to assist on strategy and governance for launching world-wide product sales. Client successfully extricated Claimant from the failed venture where he was a minority owner in a company that owned his technology and had the exclusive marketing rights to the technology. However, Claimant later …

Cox PLLC has developed guidelines and suggestions for commercial motor vehicle cases filed after September 1, 2021. If you would like more information, please contact Clint Cox at ccox@coxpllc.com or Jas Braich at jbraich@coxpllc.com.