Background
WILLCOXON, MICHAEL was born on May 7, 1948 in Palo Alto, California, United States.
WILLCOXON, MICHAEL was born on May 7, 1948 in Palo Alto, California, United States.
Georgetown University and University of California at Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts, 1972). Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (Juris Doctor, 1976). Member, Legal Advisory Committee, Associated General Contractors of California.
He took a second first, winning the Vinerian Prize and Scholarship for the best exam performance. He was a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, from 1970 until his death, with three intermissions in 1977 to 1979, 1986 to 1993 and 1995 to 2001. He was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn in 1970, joining a Chancery chambers, practising in trust law, property law and revenue law.
He became a QC in 1987, and served as a deputy High Court judge from 1991. He became a QC in Northern Ireland in 1994. He was appointed a judge in the Chancery Division on 21 April 1998, receiving the customary knighthood.
He was Chancery Supervising Judge for the Midland, Western, and Wales and Chester circuits from 2004 to 2006. He died of lung cancer, aged 58.
Member, Legal Advisory Committee, Associated General Contractors of California. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco. Alameda County and American (Member, Forum Committee on Construction Law) Bar Associations.
State Bar of California. (General Counsel).