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February 21st, 2008, 5:32 pm
Biography courtesy of Wikipedia. Photo from State website.
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Mike Cox (born 1961 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961)) is the 52nd Michigan Attorney General (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Attorney_General), having served since January 1 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_1), 2003 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003). He is the first Republican (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_%28United_States%29) in 48 years to serve as Attorney General of Michigan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan). He won re-election in 2006, defeating Democratic candidate Amos Williams (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Williams), an attorney from Detroit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit). Current Michigan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan) Governor, Jennifer M. Granholm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_M._Granholm) preceded him as the state's 51st Attorney General (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Attorney_General).
Cox is a graduate of Detroit Catholic Central High School (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Catholic_Central_High_School) and spent time in the United States Marine Corps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps) before entering college. He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Michigan_Law_School) in 1989 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989) and went to work in the Wayne County (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_County%2C_Michigan) Prosecutor's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecutor) office. In 2000, Cox was appointed Director of the Homicide (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homicide) Unit, which prosecuted approximately two-thirds of all homicides in Michigan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan). [1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Cox#_note-0) Cox's older brother, Sean Cox (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Cox), is a federal judge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_judge) on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_Michigan). Mike and his wife Laura, current Wayne County Commissioner, have four children.
Cox was elected Attorney General (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Attorney_General) in 2002 and sworn into office on January 1, 2003. Within days of taking office, Cox created the Child Support Division, a first-of-its-kind program to collect child support. By combining public awareness with targeted prosecutions, the division collected more than $35.3 million on behalf of more than 3,500 Michigan children in its first four years. In 2004, Cox received the Golden Hearts Award from the Association for Children for Enforcement of Support, the nation's largest child support organization, and reorganized the Child and Public Protection Unit, making Michigan one of the most aggressive states in the nation to tackle the growing problem of Internet predators. Since taking office, Cox's unit continues to arrest more Internet predators than any state other than Texas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas).
From 2003-2006, Cox's Consumer Protection Division returned a record $43.4 million to the State of Michigan. During the same period, he prevented $1.78 billion in utility rate increases.
In 2003, Cox formed the Office of Special Investigations (OSI) to uncover public corruption and solve cold case homicides.
Cox has collected more money (more than $70 million) than was collected by the Health Care Fraud Division in their first 24 years of existence (less than $20 million). He drafted the Medicaid Whistleblower Protection Act, legislation against Medicaid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicaid) fraud, which provides financial incentives to those who assist in the investigation or prosecution of a violator of the Medicaid False Claims Act. Cox spearheaded the drafting and passage of legislation requiring mandatory criminal background checks of employees in residential care facilities, including nursing homes, to safeguard Michigan seniors.
Cox has also fought to protect the Great Lakes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes) from aquatic nuisance species and biological pollutants by challenging the United States Environmental Protection Agency (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency) to regulate ballast water discharges.
Cox has also aggressively prosecuted deadbeat parents, including a public relations campaign which called attention to the issue of unpaid child support through billboards and other forms of media.
EMUJeff
http://t3.images.live.com/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=1538743486202&id=19b24f5716521467f1bd898d9f68eb71
Mike Cox (born 1961 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961)) is the 52nd Michigan Attorney General (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Attorney_General), having served since January 1 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_1), 2003 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003). He is the first Republican (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_%28United_States%29) in 48 years to serve as Attorney General of Michigan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan). He won re-election in 2006, defeating Democratic candidate Amos Williams (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Williams), an attorney from Detroit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit). Current Michigan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan) Governor, Jennifer M. Granholm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_M._Granholm) preceded him as the state's 51st Attorney General (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Attorney_General).
Cox is a graduate of Detroit Catholic Central High School (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Catholic_Central_High_School) and spent time in the United States Marine Corps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps) before entering college. He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Michigan_Law_School) in 1989 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989) and went to work in the Wayne County (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_County%2C_Michigan) Prosecutor's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecutor) office. In 2000, Cox was appointed Director of the Homicide (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homicide) Unit, which prosecuted approximately two-thirds of all homicides in Michigan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan). [1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Cox#_note-0) Cox's older brother, Sean Cox (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Cox), is a federal judge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_judge) on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_Michigan). Mike and his wife Laura, current Wayne County Commissioner, have four children.
Cox was elected Attorney General (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Attorney_General) in 2002 and sworn into office on January 1, 2003. Within days of taking office, Cox created the Child Support Division, a first-of-its-kind program to collect child support. By combining public awareness with targeted prosecutions, the division collected more than $35.3 million on behalf of more than 3,500 Michigan children in its first four years. In 2004, Cox received the Golden Hearts Award from the Association for Children for Enforcement of Support, the nation's largest child support organization, and reorganized the Child and Public Protection Unit, making Michigan one of the most aggressive states in the nation to tackle the growing problem of Internet predators. Since taking office, Cox's unit continues to arrest more Internet predators than any state other than Texas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas).
From 2003-2006, Cox's Consumer Protection Division returned a record $43.4 million to the State of Michigan. During the same period, he prevented $1.78 billion in utility rate increases.
In 2003, Cox formed the Office of Special Investigations (OSI) to uncover public corruption and solve cold case homicides.
Cox has collected more money (more than $70 million) than was collected by the Health Care Fraud Division in their first 24 years of existence (less than $20 million). He drafted the Medicaid Whistleblower Protection Act, legislation against Medicaid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicaid) fraud, which provides financial incentives to those who assist in the investigation or prosecution of a violator of the Medicaid False Claims Act. Cox spearheaded the drafting and passage of legislation requiring mandatory criminal background checks of employees in residential care facilities, including nursing homes, to safeguard Michigan seniors.
Cox has also fought to protect the Great Lakes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes) from aquatic nuisance species and biological pollutants by challenging the United States Environmental Protection Agency (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency) to regulate ballast water discharges.
Cox has also aggressively prosecuted deadbeat parents, including a public relations campaign which called attention to the issue of unpaid child support through billboards and other forms of media.