Maryalyce Cox Shareholder Houston t: 713.655.1200 ext. 143 f: 713.655.0222 MaryalyceCox@mehaffyweber.com V-card

Maryalyce Cox joined MehaffyWeber in 1999 and became a shareholder in 2005. She specializes in civil litigation defense, with an emphasis on products liability, premises liability, toxic tort, environmental cases, insurance defense, entertainment law and pharmaceutical and medical device defense.  Maryalyce has successfully tried to verdict personal injury and property damage cases in various jurisdictions in Texas state courts.

Education
Prior to attending law school, Maryalyce graduated magna cum laude from The Louisiana's Scholars' College at Northwestern State University in 1995, where she competed for 4 years on an athletic scholarship.  She went on to graduate magna cum laude from the University of Houston Law Center in 1999.

Representative Experience

• Obtained defense verdict on behalf of an insurance company in a personal injury trial in Jefferson County, Texas.
• Participated in successful appeal of an eminent domain case.
• Obtained summary judgment on a hotly contested statute of limitations issue in a toxic tort case.

• Successfully argued a special appearance for a Canadian distributor in a products liability case. The trial resulted in a large verdict against the manufacturer, after the Canadian distributor won its special appearance.

Articles
"Joint Defense Agreements," Defense Research Institute's, For The Defense, 2001
"Back to the Basics-Simple Steps to Take to Avoid Accidents on Your Premises," Hospitality Lawyer's Food and Beverage Newsletter, May, 2010

Activities
Maryalyce volunteers her time to serve as president of the Ray Walsh Foundation, a non-profit corporation which raises money for cancer research and cancer patient services.  She is also active in her church and community, assisting with several projects dedicated to helping underprivileged children.  Maryalyce is an avid runner, and has completed three marathons, including the Boston Marathon.

Memberships and Honors
At The University of Houston, Maryalyce was head Case Notes and comments Editor of The Houston Journal of International Law, recipient of the john & Beck Moores Scholarship Award and was named to the Order of the Coif and Order of the Barons.

She is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the American Bar Association, Defense Research Institute, and the Texas Association of Defense Counsel.

Maryalyce has been recognized as a Texas Rising Star since 2005 in Texas Monthly magazine.