A former Marine Corps infantryman, Mike Cox brings unparalleled experience and a unique perspective to the practice of law as a former Michigan Attorney General and renowned trial attorney with 35 years of experience and an extraordinary record of success.

Prior to being elected twice as Michigan’s Attorney General, Cox served as a Wayne County prosecutor where his record as a successful litigator led to national recognition due to his skills as a talented trial attorney in more than 125 jury trials and becoming Chief of the Homicide Unit.  As Attorney General, Cox led one of the state’s largest law firms, with nearly 270 attorneys, to advocate for Michigan and protects the rights of its citizens.

Cox restructured the AG’s Office to do more with less: during Cox’s 8 years he led the  office to handle more cases for the citizens of Michigan, despite reducing its staff size by close to 20% due to budgetary cuts. Doing more with less, Cox set up the first Child Support Unit in the Nation which has now collected almost $500 million for tens of thousands of Michigan children and changed the culture surrounding child support.  He set up Michigan’s first drug cost website, MichiganDrugPrices.com, to let vulnerable seniors and unemployed who pay cash for prescriptions comparison shop their local pharmacies.  Cox’s first in the country Michigan Cyber Safety Initiative (CSI) taught internet safety to over 500,000 students, while his Senior Citizen Brigade protected seniors from scams. During the Great Recession of 2008, the AG staff helped 56,000 homeowners “ under water on thei”r mortgages renegotiated with their lenders to stay in their homes.  As AG, Cox also recovered over $3.4 billion for consumers and fought to keep open clean coal energy plants to help get Michigan residents cheaper energy.

A constitutional conservative, AG Cox was the only statewide official to support the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (“MCRI”), a state constitutional amendment that made race and gender preferences unconstitutional in public education, employment, and contracting.  Foreseeing the issues of unabated illegal immigration, Cox led a coalition of eleven states in 2010 to defend Arizona after it was sued by the Obama Administration to invalidate Arizona’s law that allowed state officer to detain illegal immigrants.  At the same time, to protect the Second Amendment rights of Michigan citizens, Cox signed reciprocity agreements with 35 other states that allowed licensed Michigan citizens with CPLs to protect themselves while travelling or hunting in other states.  See a full description of Cox’s record as Attorney General here [AT A GLANCE].

A graduate of the University of Michigan and University of Michigan Law School, Cox credits his discipline, drive, and tenacity to his time as former enlisted Marine Corps rifleman.

In his spare time, Mike and his wife Laura, a former ICE special agent (who Mike met while she worked undercover) and state legislator, hang out with their four children and two grandchildren.

Civil Rights/Personal Injury/Prosecuting Sexual Assaults – select cases and clients

• Lead Counsel, U/M Dr Anderson Sexual Assault Case:  Court appointed co-lead counsel to lead the case on behalf of 1,078 survivors of the predatory acts by Dr. Robert Anderson who was able to prey about scholarship athletes and other students for over 30 years due the coverup of the University of Michigan administration.
• Successfully represented hundreds of other sexual assault survivors abused by sexual predators of in institutional settings including schools (such as Nasser at MSU), hospital and other non-profit and for-profit corporations.
• Currently represents over 200 former Marines, Sailors, and their family members who were poisoned at Camp Lejeune Marine Base (North Carolina) in administrative actions and federal court litigation against the federal Department of Navy in North Carolina.

Election Law, Election Integrity, and Ballot initiatives – select cases and clients

• Successfully represented the Unlock Michigan committee in the Court of Appeals and the Michigan Supreme Court to keep the Unlock Michigan citizens’ initiative (which sought to repeal parts of the Governor’s powers exercised during Covid) on the ballot or enacted by the Legislature, 2020
• Election Day Integrity counsel, Republican National Committee, 2024, Pro Bono
• Election Day Integrity counsel, Protecting Michigan Taxpayers, various dates

Protecting citizens from Regulatory and Governmental Overreach

• Representing individual and small business entities in state tax matters
• Representing property owners in condemnation/5^th Amendment/eminent domain/Equal Protection/Due Process matters in state and federal court
• Representing property owners in permitting processes

Environmental and Municipal Matters

• Representing Northville Township in forcing the GFL (Green For Life) Arbor Hills landfill to stop trespassing by emitting noxious odors
• Representing Lapeer County Emergency Services Authority in maintaining county wide emergency services
• Representing Wayne County in a variety of arbitrations and other matters that allowed Wayne County to protect its fiscal stability after it left emergency management

Commercial Litigation

• Cox has also represented hundreds of individuals and businesses, from small mom-and-pop operations to Fortune 500 companies, in commercial litigations involving contract disputes and enforcement of legal rights.