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Michael K. Cox
Michael grew up in Lake Charles, where he graduated valedictorian of Barbe High School in 1984. He obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin in 1989.
In 1992, He graduated from Arizona State Law School, earning his degree of Juris Doctor. Michael is a member of the Louisiana Bar Association, State Bar of Texas, and Louisiana Association for Justice.
In addition to settling thousands of personal injury cases, Michael has successfully tried over one hundred cases in state and federal courts, including approximately 30 jury trials.
In one such case, a jury awarded his client the largest individual personal injury verdict reported in the state of Louisiana, over $26 million. In another case a jury awarded his client over $10 million.
Michael has obtained judgments totaling over $250 million dollars on behalf of his clients in cases in which he served as lead counsel or co-counsel.
Michael had been rated AV Preeminent® by Martindale-Hubbell®. This peer review rating is the highest and most prestigious rating awarded to lawyers for legal knowledge and ethics in practice.
Michael was on the trial team for the first Hurricane Laura case which resulted in $1.79 million jury verdict for our client.
Areas Of Practice
Litigation Percentage
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Honors And Award
- Top Lawyers of Acadiana Personal Injury Litigation- 2015
Representative Cases
- Duncan v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co., 773 So.2d 670 (La. 2000)
- Bertrand v. Air Logistics, Inc., 820 So.2d 1228 (La. App. 3 Cir 2002
- Gunderson v. F.A. Richard Associates, 44 So.3d 779 (La. App. 3 Cir. 2010)
- Aguillard v. City of Lake Charles, 966 So.2d 722 (La. App. 3 Cir. 2007)
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 1993
- Texas, 2003
- U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal
Education
- Arizona State University, College of Law, Tempe, Arizona
- Juris Doctor – 1992
- University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
- Bachelor of Business Administration – 1989
- Major: Finance
Professional Associations And Memberships
- American Association of Justice, 1992 – Present
- Southwest Louisiana Bar Association, 1992 – Present
- American Inns of Court, 1995 – Present
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Cox Law Firm represents individuals injured through the negligence of others in the southwestern Louisiana communities of Lake Charles, Sulphur, Cameron, Jennings, Oberlin, DeRidder, Leesville, Crowley, Oakdale, Eunice, Lake Arthur, Abbeville, DeQuincy and Vinton, and other communities in these parishes: Calcasieu Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Vernon Parish, Beauregard Parish, Cameron Parish, Allen Parish, Vermilion Parish, Evangeline Parish, Acadia Parish, Terrebonne Parish and St. Mary Parish.
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