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Jeff Cox is a shareholder and director with the firm. His primary areas of practice are in the fields of business and estate planning - working with clients setting up new companies, buying or selling businesses, transferring ownership of family businesses to their successors; and working with clients in establishing and coordinating their wills, trusts, living wills and powers of attorney. A well respected legal advisor, Jeff serves as counsel to numerous individuals and businesses, advising them in a broad range of business and estate law issues. He is also general counsel for one of Waco's most esteemed community banks and its trust department, as well as advising and representing numerous other banks and financial institutions. In the course of his practice, Jeff has represented numerous clients in connection with creditors' rights, loan documentation, loan workouts and complex bankruptcy cases.
Jeff is actively involved in the Waco community, where he presently serves as a deacon and chairman of the Finance Committee of his church, and is the immediate Past President of the Historic Waco Foundation.
Jeff and his wife, Julie, have been married since 1984, and have two children. In his spare time, Jeff enjoys tennis, skiing and coaching soccer.
Current Employment Position(s):
Shareholder
Areas Of Practice:
Banking
Bankruptcy and Workouts
Secured Transactions
Business Law
Business Planning
Buying and Selling Businesses
Corporate Law
Commercial Transactions
Estate Planning
Probate
Wills, Trusts and Estates
Real Estate
Bar Admissions:
Texas, 1987
U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1988
U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1988
U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1990
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 1990
Education:
Baylor University School of Law, Waco, Texas, 1987
Juris Doctor
Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas, 1984
B.B.A.
Major: Finance
Representative Clients:
Community Bank & Trust, Waco, Texas
Academy Capital Management
Central Freight Lines
American Honda Finance Corporation
Unique Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.
Classes/Seminars Taught:
Instructor, Keys to Increasing Retirement Assets and Leaving Them to Your Heirs, Baylor University Continuing Education Program
Instructor, Estate Planning and Taxation, Providence Foundation Estate Planning Series
Speaker, Texas Business Organizations: Choice of Entity and Formation, Baylor University Fast Trac Entrepreneurship Training Program
Speaker, Life and Death Planning for Retirement Benefits, Heart of Texas Estate Planning Council
Speaker, Collection Law in Texas, Lorman Education Services
Moderator, Dealing with Tomorrow Today: Successful Aging in the 90's, Waco-McLennan County Young Lawyers Association
Moderator, Ad Litem Certification Program, Waco-McLennan County Young Lawyers Association
Honors and Awards:
Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bankruptcy Institute
Member
American Bar Association
Member, Business Law; Real Property, Probate & Trust Law; Tax Section
Heart of Texas Estate Planning Council
Member; Former Director
State Bar of Texas
Member Business Law; Real Property, Probate & Trust Law; Tax Section
Texas Bar Foundation
Fellow
Texas Association of Bank Counsel
Member
Waco-McLennan County Bar Association
Member
Leadership Waco Alumni Association
Member
Crestview Church of Christ
Member, Deacon, and Chairman of Finance Committee
Past Employment Positions:
Waco-McLennan County Young Lawyers Association, President, 1995 - 1996
Historic Waco Foundation, President, 1996 - 1998
Heart of Texas Estate Planning Council, Director, 1995 - 1996
Leadership Waco, 1989 - 1990
Fraternities/Sororities:
Phi Delta Phi
Birth Information:
July 16, 1962, Dallas, Texas, United States of America |
