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, bank regulation, state attorney general enforcement authority, credit card practices, telemarketing fraud, and matters. 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."
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 Deskbook (Edward T. Wahl, ed., Minnesota State Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education, 2008; 2d ed., 2009)
Journal Articles
Keeping PACE?: The Case Against Property Assessed Clean Energy Financing Programs, 83 University of Colorado Law Review 83 (2011)
State Attorneys General's Use of Concurrent Public Enforcement Authority in Federal Consumer Protection Laws, 33 Cardozo Law Review 53 (2011) (with Amy Widman)
The Importance of Deceptive Practice Enforcement in Financial Institution Regulation, 30 Pace Law Review 279 (2009) (Symposium on Real Property, Mortgages, and the Economy: A Call for Ethics and Reforms)
Social Security Netting Regulations: Balancing Administrative Convenience with the Rights of Beneficiaries, 73 Minnesota Law Review 1143 (1989), reprinted in 28 West's Social Security Reporting Service 887 (1990) (note)
Will Consumer Protection Actually, if Partially, Prevail?, Insurance and Financial Services Committee Newsletter (American Bar Association, Section of Antitrust Law) (Feb. 2010)
Preacquired Account Marketing and the OCC, The Advocate (National Association of Consumer Advocates) (Jan. 2010)
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)
Regulatory Perspectives & Initiatives: State Attorney General Case Selection and Investigation, in 11th Annual Consumer Financial Services Litigation Institute (Practising Law Institute, 2006)
Government Enforcement Actions and Regulatory Oversight, in 10th Annual Consumer Financial Services Litigation Institute (Practising Law Institute, 2005) (with Tom James)
Aggressive Sales Tactics on the Internet and Their Impact on American Consumers: Hearing before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 111th Cong., 1st Sess. (Nov. 17, 2009) (testimony)
The Proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency: Implications for Consumers and the FTC: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, 111th Cong., 1st Sess. (July 8, 2009) (testimony)
Consumer Protection and the Credit Crisis: Hearing before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 111th Cong., 1st Sess. (Feb. 26, 2009) (testimony)
Comparative Consumer Protection
Consumer Protection Clinic
Consumer Protection and Transactions
Practice and Professionalism
Pretrial Skills
Civil Procedure
Federal Jurisdiction
