Attorney

Craig A. Cox

*** ***** **** ****** · Hightstown, New Jersey 08520

609-***-**** · adex00@r.postjobfree.com

Brennan Law Firm · Cranbury, New Jersey

Experience:

Associate, October 2010 – July 2020

Managed extensive and diverse case load for small law firm including business, transactional and commercial matters, residential and commercial real estate transactions, family law

(divorce, child custody, child and spousal support, equitable distribution, pendente lite motions, post-judgment disputes, and domestic violence), labor and employment law, civil and commercial litigation, appellate practice before New Jersey Supreme Court and Appellate Division, environmental law, personal injury (plaintiff and insurance defense), administrative law, workers’ compensation, Medicaid planning, and estate planning, administration and probate. Comprehensive experience in drafting complex commercial, employment, matrimonial and estate planning agreements. Engaged in all phases of civil, matrimonial, and estate litigation: intake, client interview, discovery, depositions, legal research, motion practice, mediation, arbitration, and trials.

Law Office of Craig A. Cox · Hightstown, New Jersey Sole Practitioner, October 2000 – September 2010

Private practice providing legal counsel to hometown clients. Emphasis on commercial and residential real estate, matrimonial/family law, business and commercial transactions, workers’ compensation, bankruptcy and municipal court practice. Drafted detailed agreements related to family/divorce, commercial and residential real estate, and commercial/business practice. Conducted and participated in hearings, trials, depositions, motions practice, and alternate dispute resolution for matrimonial, family, civil and workers’ compensation disputes. Kent, Grayer and Rosenberg · Willingboro, New Jersey Associate, September 1991 – September 2000

Managed wide range of matters for small law firm with extensive experience in diverse practice areas including family law (divorce, child custody, child and spousal support, equitable distribution, pendente lite motions, post-judgment disputes, and domestic violence), workers’ compensation, personal injury, civil litigation, appellate practice, bankruptcy, adoption, guardianship, municipal court, estate planning, probate and estate litigation. Craig A. Cox, page 2

Public Defender, Municipal Court, Borough of Hightstown · Hightstown, New Jersey January 1993 – December 2008

Represented indigent defendants charged with disorderly person offenses, CDS possession, drunk driving, and serious traffic offenses.

Capehart and Scatchard · Mount Laurel, New Jersey

Associate, September 1990 – September 1991

Prepared and presented cases before Division of Workers’ Compensation. Researched and prepared pleadings, briefs, pre-trial motions, case evaluation letters. Prepared Petition for Certification to Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Judicial Law Clerk

Hon. Neil H. Shuster, P.J.S.C. and Hon. Coleman T. Brennan, J.S.C. Superior Court – Law Division – Mercer County, New Jersey September 1989 – August 1990

Evaluated civil and criminal motions, conducted legal research and prepared memoranda. Completed mediation training and served as Mediator for small claims cases. New Jersey – 1989

Bar Admissions and Education:

Pennsylvania – 1989

U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey – 1989 University of Richmond, School of Law, Richmond, Virginia [Juris Doctor, May 1989] College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia [Bachelor of Arts, Government, May 1986]

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