ABOUT

Jeff Cox is a partner in the Dallas office of Hartline, Dacus, Barger, Dreyer & Kern, L.L.P. He began his legal career as an associate in the Dallas office of Baker Botts, L.L.P. During his tenure at Baker Botts, he handled a variety of litigation matters, including class actions, patent and trademark litigation, pharmaceutical litigation, business torts and toxic torts.

Since joining Hartline Dacus in 1999, Mr. Cox has expanded his practice. He now serves as trial counsel for many international manufacturers in products liability matters and has successfully handled cases from Montana to Florida. He also continues to handle patent infringement matters and complex consumer class actions. Mr. Cox has argued multiple Markman hearings and served as lead counsel in class certification hearings. As a result of his work in the class action arena, he was named one of America’s Best Lawyers by the Forbes Radio Network and his interview was broadcast to a worldwide audience. Most recently he was named a Rising Star in the 2006 and 2007 Texas Super Lawyers – Rising Star Edition, a recognition denoting the top 2.5 percent of all lawyers in the State of Texas under the age of forty or in practice for ten years or less.

CASE EXPERIENCE

• Currently defense counsel for a foreign automaker in a patent infringement suit in the Eastern District of Texas involving microprocessor technology.
  
• Currently defense counsel in several patent infringement suits in the Eastern District of Texas relating to technology used in the telecommunications industry.
  
• Plaintiff’s counsel in a patent infringement suit in the Eastern District of Texas involving automotive air conditioning systems.
  
• Counsel for an Ohio company presently involved in a patent infringement suit in the Eastern District of Texas relating to business methods for internet gaming.
  
• Recently took over a three year old wrongful death case for a major international retailer and, after discovering and proving that the plaintiff’s evidence had been fabricated, obtained a surprise dismissal.
  
• Successfully obtained the dismissal of a statewide antitrust class action in the Eastern District of Texas on behalf of an international tire manufacturer and once again obtained a dismissal at the class certification stage when the same case was re-filed in Texas State Court.
  
• Recently obtained the dismissal of a statewide class action involving Lanham Act and fraud claims in the Eastern District of Texas.
  
• First attorney in the nation to convince a court to dismiss one of a series of class actions filed throughout the United States against several automakers and seatbelt manufacturers resulting in new law at the appellate level regarding “no injury” class actions. See Everett v TK-Taito, 178 S.W. 3d 844 (Tex. App. – Fort Worth 2005, no pet.).
  
• Part of a team of HDBDK attorneys who successfully obtained a reversal of a $10 million verdict for a major automotive client. See General Motors v. Iracheta, 161 S.W. 3d 462 (Tex. 2005).