Background
William C. Cox was born in 1945. His professional career has been based in Oregon, where he developed a legal practice centered on land use and related regulatory matters.
William C. Cox was born in 1945. His professional career has been based in Oregon, where he developed a legal practice centered on land use and related regulatory matters.
Cox studied at the University of Oregon, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in 1967 and a Master of Business Administration degree in 1968. Founded in 1876, the University of Oregon is a public institution whose academic programs include business education and professional studies.
He later attended Lewis & Clark College, receiving a Juris Doctor degree in 1976. The law school traces its history to Oregon's first state law school, founded in 1884, and became part of Lewis & Clark in 1965; it received American Bar Association accreditation in 1974, shortly before Cox completed his legal education.
Cox was admitted to the Oregon bar in 1976 and has practiced law in Portland. His work has included real estate law, zoning, planning and land use, environmental law, natural resources law, and administrative law.
His practice has operated within the legal framework governing property development, land-use regulation, environmental requirements, natural resources, and administrative decision-making in Oregon. He has been associated with a Portland practice conducted under the name William C. Cox.