Prentiss Cox

Associate Clinical Professor of Law

190 Mondale Hall
229–19th Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55455

612-625-6810

coxxx211@umn.edu

Oberlin College, B.A.
University of Minnesota Law School, J.D.

Clinical Professor Prentiss Cox was an Assistant Attorney General and manager of the Consumer Enforcement Division in the Minnesota Attorney General's Office prior to joining the clinical faculty. He was also a law clerk for the Honorable P. H. Marshall of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Professor Cox has prosecuted numerous nationally recognized cases involving predatory lending and subprime mortgage lending, foreclosure, credit card practices, and telemarketing fraud. He is a frequent speaker on consumer protection issues and is often quoted in local and national media on consumer law issues. Professor Cox has drafted and testified for numerous consumer protection laws related to mortgage lending, foreclosure fraud, telemarketing and other matters. Professor Cox has also been selected as a Minnesota "Super Lawyer."

For more information, download Professor Cox's CV.

PUBLICATIONS

Books

Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Trade Practice Regulation in Minnesota (Minnesota State Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education, 1st ed., 2007; 2d ed., 2009) (editor)

Book Chapters

Statutory Fraud Laws, in Minnesota Business Torts (Edward T. Wahl, ed., Minnesota State Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education, 2008)

Journal Articles

Consumer Protection and Financial Institution Regulation, Pace Law Review (forthcoming 2009)

Foreclosure Reform Amid Mortgage Lending Turmoil: A Public Purpose Approach, 45 Houston Law Review 683 (2008)

Foreclosure Equity Stripping: Legal Theories and Strategies to Attack a Growing Problem, 39 Clearinghouse Review 607 (Mar.-Apr. 2006)

Open Access

Goliath Has the Slingshot: Public Benefit and Private Enforcement of Minnesota Consumer Protection Laws, 33 William Mitchell Law Review 163 (2006)

Other Publications

Foreclosures: Defenses, Workouts, and Mortgage Servicing (National Consumer Law Center, 2d ed., 2008 supp.) (contributor)

Teacher's Manual for Roger S. Haydock, David F. Herr & Jeffrey W. Stempel, Fundamentals of Pretrial Litigation (Thomson West, 6th ed., 2007) (contributor)

The Cost of Credit: Regulation, Preemption, and Industry Abuses (National Consumer Law Center, 3d ed., 2008 supp.) (contributor)

Regulatory Perspectives & Initiatives: State Attorney General Case Selection and Investigation, in 12th Annual Consumer Financial Services Litigation Institute (Practising Law Institute, 2007)

Westlaw

Regulatory Perspectives & Initiatives: State Attorney General Case Selection and Investigation, in 11th Annual Consumer Financial Services Litigation Institute (Practising Law Institute, 2006)

Westlaw

Government Enforcement Actions and Regulatory Oversight, in 10th Annual Consumer Financial Services Litigation Institute (Practising Law Institute, 2005) (with Tom James)