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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 5, 2021

Longtime Nashville lawyer Stephen Eugene Cox died March 3. He was 77. After graduating from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1970, Cox moved to Nashville where he practiced as a trial attorney and later a mediator. During his career he worked for Manier & Herod and then Cox, LeVan, Sprader & Patton. He was active in the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys, Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association and American Board of Trial Advocates, serving as president of that group's Tennessee chapter. From 2004 to 2008, he served as a member of the state Supreme Court Alternative Dispute Commission. Cox retired in 2014 and moved to Knoxville. His son, Stephen Eugene Cox Jr., is an attorney with Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated in Nashville. A riverside service will take place in Knoxville on April 10. A memorial service will be held April 17 in Nashville. Details are posted online. Donations may be made to the USO, P.O. Box 96860, Washington, D.C., 20077.