Biography
Councilman Jeff Cox is a dedicated public servant with lifelong ties to the Raymore area. The son of a truck driver and a schoolteacher, Jeff grew up learning the value of hard work, and with an understanding that the precious freedoms we enjoy come with a great responsibility to ourselves, our families, and our community. After graduating from Raymore-Peculiar High School in 1993, he went on to earn bachelor’s degrees in political science and philosophy from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a law degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
While an undergraduate at MU, Jeff spent time studying abroad at Edith Cowan Univerisity in Perth, Western Australia, and later clerked for State Representative David Levin in the Missouri General Assembly. While a law student at UMKC, he served as Student Chapter President of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, and is currently active in the Kansas City Lawyers Chapter.
Jeff is an attorney licensed to practice law in both Missouri and Kansas, and has owned and operated Cox Law Office, LLC, in the Original Town area of Raymore since 2003. Before setting up his law practice, he clerked for the Cass County Prosecutor’s Office under former Prosecutor Chris Koster and for the Federal Public Defender’s Office for the Western District of Missouri.
Jeff served a term as the Attorney Member of the Missouri Child Abuse and Neglect Review Board from 2006 to 2009, and has represented the citizens of Ward 2 on the Raymore City Council since 2007. Some of his local memberships include the Raymore Chamber of Commerce, the Raymore Historical Society, the Raymore-Peculiar Sunrise Optimist Club, and the Fraternal Order of Eagles.
