Henry M. Coxe, III
Attorney at Law, Director
Florida BAR Board Certified: Criminal Trial Law
Hank Coxe received his undergraduate degree from The University of the South (Sewanee) and law degree from Washington & Lee University. At the State Attorney’s Office, he served as director of all felony divisions, the special prosecution division (complex crimes), and then managed his own law firm. He joined the Bedell Firm in 1996.
Coxe currently serves on the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission and the Florida Supreme Court Innocence Commission. His wife, Mary, is a graduate of Wellesley College and Duke University Law School. They have three children - Katie (University of Pennsylvania, University of Florida College of Law); Matson (Vanderbilt University, University of North Carolina School of Law); and Anne English (Davidson College, Columbia University School of Law).
AREA OF PRACTICE
Criminal defense in both state and federal courts
Bar Admissions
Florida
Virginia
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
HONORS & AWARDS
The Best Lawyers of America, Criminal Trial, 1988 - Present
Top Ranked in Chambers USA
Florida Trend’s Legal Elite
Florida Super Lawyers and Hall of Fame (Top 10 Florida Lawyers)
FACDL, "Steven Goldstein Award"
The Florida Bar, "Selig Goldin Award"
Martindale-Hubbell AV
Florida Bar President’s Pro-Bono Award
City of Jacksonville Pro-Bono Award
Financial/Daily News Lawyer of the Year
Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, "Equal Justice Award"
American Board of Trial Advocates, "President’s Award"
EDUCATION
Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, Virginia, 1972, J.D.
University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, 1969, B.A., Political Science
PAST EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS
State Attorney’s Office, Director, Felony Division and Special Prosecution Division
Classes/Seminars Taught
Faculty Member, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, University of Florida, 1978 - Present
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIP
The Florida Bar, President 2006 - 2007, President-Elect 2005 - 2006,
Board of Governors 1997 - 2007
Jacksonville Bar Association, President, Board of Governors 1992 - 1996
Florida Supreme Court Judicial Qualifications Commission, 2009 - present
Florida Supreme Court Innocence Commission, 2010 - present
U.S. District Court, Jacksonville Division Chair, Disciplinary Grievance
Committee, Past Chair
Judicial Nominating Commission, Fourth Judicial Circuit,
Chairman 1987 - 1991
Judicial Nominating Commission, First District Court of Appeal, 1994 - 1996
Florida Bench/Bar Commission, Charter Member
Chester Bedell Inn of Court, Master
Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Past Board of Directors
American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow
National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Faculty Member
Rotary Club of Jacksonville, President 1992 - 1993