Scott C. Cox
Attorney Profile
Top Rated White Collar Crimes Attorney in Louisville, KY
Former federal prosecutor Scott C. Cox is a partner at Cox and Mazzoli Law Offices in Louisville, Kentucky. Mr. Cox practices federal criminal law, handling matters involving drug violations, white collar crime and other misdemeanors and felonies. His practice encompasses the Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky, regions.
Mr. Cox has been a licensed attorney since 1985. He is admitted in all Kentucky state courts and before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.
Before founding his practice, Mr. Cox served as a JAG officer in the U.S. Army Reserve and was captain of the Kentucky National Guard. He practiced as an assistant United States attorney and served as counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Courts.
Mr. Cox has served in various leadership roles over the course of his career. He is a former president of the Federal Bar Association, Kentucky Chapter, and former Vice Chairman of the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance. He also previously served on the board of the Western Kentucky Federal Community Defender.
Active in the legal community, Mr. Cox is a member of the Louisville Bar Association and previously served on the Association’s Board of Directors. He also belongs to the Kentucky Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the American College of Trial Lawyers and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He also presently serves as the Chairman of the Louisville Arena Authority, the body that supervises the KFC YUM! Center, home to the University of Louisville Women’s and Men’s basketball teams and a venue for concerts and other entertainment.
Mr. Cox earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Kentucky in 1981. He received his law degree from the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law.
- 50%Criminal Defense: White Collar
- 40%Criminal Defense
- 10%Criminal Defense: DUI/DWI
Criminal Law - Federal, Drug & Alcohol Violations
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About Scott C. Cox
Admitted: 1985, Kentucky
Professional Webpage: http://www.coxandmazzoli.com/attorneys.html
Other Outstanding Achievements
- Former member of the Louisville Bar Association Board of Directors
- Presently serves as the Chairman of the Louisville Arena Authority, the body that supervises the KFC YUM! Center, home to the University of Louisville Women’s and Men’s basketball teams and a venue for concerts and other entertainment
- Former vice chairman of the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance
- Military: JAG Officer, U.S. Army Reserve and Captain, Kentucky National Guard, 1987-1995.
Scholarly Lectures/Writings
- Member, University of Louisville Law Review, 1984-1985
Bar/Professional Activity
- Member, Board of Directors, Louisville Bar Association, 2014-2015
- 1985, Kentucky
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky
- Member: Journal of Family Law, 1984-1985
- Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1987-1994
- Former Member, Board of Directors, Federal Public Defender Western District
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Member, American College of Trial Lawyers since 2011
- Vice Chairman, Kentucky Registry of Election Finance, 1999-2001
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky
- Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations
- Journal of Law and Education, 1983-1985
- President, Kentucky Chapter, Federal Bar Association, 1990
Educational Background
- University of Kentucky, B.A., 1981.
Honors/Awards
- Council to U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee - Subcommittee on the Courts, 1986
Verdicts/Settlements
- United States v. Greenwell, 3:17-CR-00066-TBR, 2018
- Commonwealth v. Judge Stewart, 05-CR-00035
- United States v. Finn, 3:02-CR-00155-EHJ
- United States v. Canal Barge Company, Inc., 4:07-CR-00012-JHM
- United States v. Cherry, -F.3d-,2007 WL 1373188,C.A. 6, (2007)
- United States v. Heath, 259 F.3d 522 (6th Cir. 2001)
- Reyes v. Hardin Cty., 55 S.W.3d 337 (Ky. 2001)
- United States v. Sadolsky, 234 F.3d 938 (6th Cir. 2000)
- U. S. v. Salisbury, 3:06-CR-10(S)
- United States v. Dennis Ray Johnson, Jr., 2:12-CR-48-DLB
- United States v. Rice, 478 F.3d 704 (6th Cir. 2007)
- United States v. Ford, 184 F.3d 566 (6th Cir. 1999)
- United States v. Payne, 181 F.3d 781 (6th Cir. 1999)
- United States v. Shelton, 1:95-CR-00008-TBR
- Turley v. Commonwealth, 2011-SC-000276-MR
- United States v. Heavrin, 144 F.Supp.2d 769 (W.D.Ky. 2001)
Last Updated: 7/15/2021