Merrida Coxwell, Manager of Coxwell & Associates, PLLC, began practicing in October 1980. In his early days, he had a general practice with an emphasis on auto accidents and criminal defense. He served as an ad hoc public defender, representing approximately 26 death penalty cases. Fourteen of those cases went to trial. In the late 1990s, larger personal injury and mass torts took dominance in the firm. Currently, Coxwell & Associates handles personal injury, private prison injury litigation, limited civil rights, and criminal defense. The firm has worked in a Team at trial and obtained a $144,000,000.00 verdict, settled a group of cases for $120,000,000.00, and has handled many other million-dollar cases. Whether it is a $5,000.00 case or a million-dollar case, the attorneys put their hearts into their clients' causes. At Coxwell & Associates, PLLC, the attorneys focus on personal injury, serious injuries at private prisons, serious civil rights cases involving catastrophic injury, and criminal defense. When an attorney can successfully battle the State or the United States government, the insurance companies and corporations are no greater challenge.
