HENRY M. COXE, III received his undergraduate degree from The University of the South (Sewanee) and law degree from Washington & Lee University. He joined the State Attorney's Office in 1973, served as director of all felony divisions, the special prosecution division (complex crimes), and from 1981 to 1996, managed his own law firm. He joined the Bedell firm in 1996. He served as President of The Jacksonville Bar Association (1995-96); Chairman of the Fourth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission (1987-91); member of the First District Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Commission (1994-96); and charter member of the Florida Bench/Bar Commission. He currently serves on the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission. He is a past President of The Florida Bar (2006-07), served on the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar and its Executive Committee, the Board of Directors of Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, as a Master of The Chester Bedell Inn of Court, and chaired the Disciplinary Grievance Committee of the U.S. District Court, Jacksonville Division, and The Florida Bar. Mr. Coxe has been a Board Certified Criminal Trial Lawyer since 1988, and for over twenty years has been listed in Naifeh and Smith's The Best Lawyers in America. He has been the recipient of The Florida Bar President's Pro Bono Service Award, named the Financial/Daily News Lawyer of the Year, recipient of The Florida Bar President's Award of Merit, the ABOTA President's Award, and Jacksonville Area Legal Aid's Justice for All Award. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and has served as a Delegate to the American Bar Association. Mr. Coxe's practice focuses on criminal defense in both state and federal courts, and for many years served as special counsel to the Florida Board of Bar Examiners. 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).
