Jeffrey Stephen Cox | |
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Judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit, based in Shreveport, Louisiana | |
Assumed office January 23, 2017 |
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Preceded by | James Jay Caraway |
Division C Judge of the Louisiana 26th Judicial District Court for Bossier and Webster parishes | |
In office November 2004 – January 23, 2017 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
February 1965 |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Susan Elaine Cox |
Children | Gabriell and Stephen Cox |
Parents | O. D. and Dorothy Addison Cox |
Residence |
Bossier City, Bossier Parish Louisiana, USA |
Alma mater |
Louisiana Tech University |
Occupation | Attorney |
February 1965
Shreveport, Caddo Parish
Louisiana Tech University
Louisiana State University in Shreveport
Southern University Law Center
Jeffrey Stephen Cox, known as Jeff Cox (born February 1965), is a judge of the Louisiana Circuit Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit, based in Shreveport, Louisiana.
From November 2004 until December 31, 2016, he served as one of the six judges of the 26th Judicial District Court of Bossier and Webster parishes in northwestern Louisiana. He held the Division C judgeship. He is also an instructor for the North Louisiana Criminal Justice Academy, which provides services to law enforcement officers.
Reared in Minden in Webster Parish, Cox was one of three sons of the former Dorothy Addison born 1928) and Orville D. "O. D." Cox (1927-2013) of Minden, the founder of the Hill Crest Memorial Funeral Home and Cemeteries and Hill Crest Florist in Haughton in Bossier Parish. The senior Cox also built the Hill Crest Sunrise Amphitheatre for the celebration of Easter sunrise services each year. His brothers are Philip Cox and the late Fred Cox.
Jeff Cox obtained his undergraduate degree from Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, his Masters of Business Administration from Louisiana State University in Shreveport, his Juris Doctor in 1992 from the Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, and his Legal Law Masters in Taxation from Southern Methodist University near Dallas, Texas.