Cox, Morgan
The Maddox Law Firm, P.C.
Suite 101
8221 Old Courthouse Rd
Tysons Corner, VA 22182-3839
Phone: 703-883-8035
Fax: 703-356-6120
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Lawyer Overview
Morgan Cox attended Regent University School of Law where she was chosen to be a summer fellow with Equal Justice Works (formerly the National Association for Public Interest Law). As a fellow, Ms. Cox worked at the YWCA of Greater Harrisburg's Domestic Violence Legal Clinic in Pennsylvania, enhancing community development as well as aiding in the representation of victims of domestic violence. Subsequently, Ms. Cox volunteered in the legal clinic at the Samaritan House, a safe harbor for women and children in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Ms. Cox was a recipient of the Virginia Law Foundation Fund for Justice and Education Public Service Grant, allowing her to clerk for a summer at the Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia's Senior Law Center in Norfolk, Virginia. While in law school, Ms. Cox was a board member of the Regent University Law Review.
After law school, Ms. Cox clerked for the Family Court of the State of Delaware. As a law clerk, Ms. Cox observed trials, researched pertinent statutory and case law, and drafted decisions regarding adoption, child custody, relocation, alimony, property division, and termination of parental rights. Ms. Cox routinely drafted appeal decisions of Commissioners' Orders, making a determination whether a Commissioner erred in calculating child support, awarding a Protection from Abuse Order, or finding a juvenile delinquent. Ms. Cox also drafted proposed changes to legislation affecting the Family Court in Delaware. In an effort to reduce fatal incidents of domestic violence, Ms. Cox drafted and helped to implement a Writ of Sequestration used by Commissioners granting the police authority to take weapons out of an abuser's possession before being served with a Protective Order. In addition to her judicial clerkship duties, Ms. Cox was a member of both the Juvenile Justice Reform Committee and the Commission on Runaway Youth for the State of Delaware.
Ms. Cox worked as an associate attorney at The Maddox Law Firm, PC for approximately five years. While at The Maddox Law Firm, Ms. Cox handled custody, support, equitable distribution, protection from abuse, step parent adoption, as well as child in need of services (CHINS) cases. Ms. Cox also conducted extensive research and wrote legal memoranda for submission to judges in support of client's cases and assisted in the researching and writing of appellate briefs. Ms. Cox increased her knowledge and level of family advocacy through instruction at the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyer's Institute for Family Law Associates.
Ms. Cox recently started her own practice, The Child Advocate Law Firm PLLC. She is a certified Guardian Ad Litem and represents children in child abuse, neglect, and custody cases. Ms. Cox also continues to work part time for The Maddox Law Firm, P.C. Ms. Cox is a published author, including her most recent article, A Case Study on the Protection of Afforded Children Under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, published in The Journal by the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. Ms. Cox was selected as a Rising Star in the 2009 Virginia Super Lawyers Magazine. Ms. Cox is a member of the Virginia State Bar. She is also involved in the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association as Vice Chair of the Young Lawyer's Division and a member of the Publications Committee. Ms. Cox has a commitment to pro bono work through volunteering her time with the Fairfax Bar Foundation Pro Bono Program Neighborhood Outreach Program. Ms. Cox also volunteers her time representing children in immigration proceedings through the non-profit organization, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND).Ms. Cox received her B.A. from Dickinson College, where she graduated cum laude with a double major in Environmental Studies and Russian. Ms. Cox resides in Arlington with her husband, Andrew and son, Jonathan.
Areas of Practice
- Domestic Violence
- Divorce
West Practice Categories
Family Law, Litigation & Appeals
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Virginia, 2003
- Pennsylvania, 2004
Office Information
Address
Suite 101
8221 Old Courthouse Rd
Tysons Corner, VA 22182-3839
Phones
703-883-8035
Faxes
703-356-6120
