Jeff Cox (Louisiana judge)

Jeffrey Luther Cox, known as Jeff Cox (born January 1962),^[1] is one of the six judges of the 26th Judicial District Court of Bossier and Webster parishes in northwestern Louisiana. He holds the Division C judgeship.

Cox obtrained 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 historically black Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge,^[2] and his Legal Law Masters in Taxation from Southern Methodist University near Dallas, Texas.^[3]

Cox was elected without opposition to six-year terms as district judge in November 2004 and again in 2010. His seat is hence next contested in 2016. Prior to his judgeship, Cox specialized as a practicing attorney in wills, successions, estate planning, and elderly-care matters. He is a former assistant district attorney for the 26th Judicial District, headed since 2003 by DA Schuyler Marvin of Minden. He formerly served on the board of Volunteers for Youth Justice and the Caddo Council on Aging in Shreveport. He was active in the Pro Bono Project of the Shreveport Bar Association. He is the former Bossier district chairman for the Norwella Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Judge Cox is an instructor at the Northwest Louisiana Criminal Justice Academy in Plain Dealing in northern Bossier Parish. He also instructs the notary preparation course at Bossier Parish Community College.^[3]

Cox's court colleagues include the retiring Judges Ford E. Stinson, Jr., and John M. Robinson as well as Mike Nerren, Parker Self, Michael Craig.^[3]Cox, Nerren, Self, and Craig are all unopposed in the nonpartisan blanket primary scheduled for November 4, 2014.^[4]

Cox is married to Sandra Lee Cox (born c. 1963), who formerly lived in New Mexico. They reside in Bossier City.^[5]

Father of GABBY and Stephen Cox

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