Merrida (Buddy) Coxwell

Coxwell & Associates, PLLC is a professional limited liability company comprised of five versatile personal injury attorneys who practice civil and criminal law in Jackson, Mississippi. We handle cases such as serious bodily injury, automobile accidents, products liability, pharmaceutical litigation, insurance scams, brain injury, Fen-Phen litigation, and nursing home abuse. The attorneys at our Jackson, Mississippi office devote a majority of their time and energy to representing people who have been injured due to the negligence of another person or a corporation.

The criminal and personal injury attorneys at Coxwell & Associates have achieved excellent results representing our clients in Mississippi and abroad. In July 1998, Merrida Coxwell was on a team of three personal injury attorneys who successfully rendered a $144 million verdict against Ford Motor Company in a death case.

In March 1999, attorneys Merrida Coxwell and Charles R. Mullins secured the first-ever civil rights verdict against the city of Jackson in a wrongful death case. The team from Coxwell & Associates obtained a verdict of $2.1 million, the largest of its kind ever rendered in Mississippi. In addition, the personal injury attorneys of Coxwell & Associates have secured millions of dollars in settlements for their injured clients in Mississippi and across the country.

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Education

University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Mississippi College School of Law - Jackson, Mississippi

Areas of Practice

Mr. Coxwell handles misdemeanor and felony cases of all types in State and Federal Court. Has been admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas; United States District Court, Chicago, Illinois, United States District Court for Tennessee.

Admitted to practice in all State and Federal Courts in Mississippi. Frequent lecturer on criminal law topics.

Author of a loose bound Book styled, Presenting your Theory through Jury Instructions.Personal injury including auto accident, slip and fall, premise liability, wrongful death, etc., and complex class civil litigation

Criminal defense and appellant practice, including both misdemeanors and felonies in state and federal courts

Admitted to Practice

All state and federal courts in Mississippi

U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Pro-Hac Vice in Tennessee, Texas, and Illinois

Professional Memberships and Affiliations

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Mississippi Attorneys for Constitutional Justice, founding member

Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Texas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association

Mississippi Hispanic Association, attorney

Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association, Voir Dire publication editor

American Trial Lawyers Association

Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association

Louisiana Criminal Defense Lawyers Association

Past President and Founding Member of the Mississippi Attorneys for Constitutional Justice ( Mississippi Criminal Defense Attorneys Association)

Lifetime members of the National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys

Member of the Louisiana Criminal Defense Lawyers Association;

Texas Criminal Defense lawyers Association,

Georgia Criminal Defense Lawyers Association

Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.

Personal Information

Born in Birmingham, Alabama on May 31, 1956

Resident of Mississippi since 1961

Only son, Cole Harrison Coxwell, born July 8, 1994