Judge Natalie M. Cox

Biography

Natalie M. Cox accepted her appointment as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Nevada on January 27, 2020.

Prior to her appointment, Judge Cox had served as an assistant U.S. trustee in the Office of the U.S. Trustee in Nashville, Tennessee, since April 2019, when she was promoted to the position. She oversaw Chapter 7 and 11 cases, and supervised Chapter 7 trustees since transferring to Nashville in 2017. Prior to being promoted to that position, Judge Cox was a trial attorney since 2015 in the Office of the U.S. Trustee’s field office in Wilmington, Delaware, where she oversaw and litigated Chapter 11 cases. Previously, she engaged in private practice in Las Vegas as an associate then partner at Kolesar & Leatham, Chtd., from 2006 to 2008 and from 2008 to 2015, respectively, and as an associate at Jolley, Urga, Wirth, Woodbury & Standish from 2001 to 2005.

Originally from Kodiak, Alaska, Judge Cox attended Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee, on a full basketball scholarship, graduating with a bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, in 1997. She received her juris doctorate, cum laude, from the University of Nevada, William S. Boyd School of Law, in 2001.