Stephen J. Cox
U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas
About Stephen J. Cox
Stephen J. Cox was an American.
Stephen J. Cox (born 1977/1978) is an American lawyer who served as the Alaska Attorney General from 2025 to 2026. He previously served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas after being appointed by U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr.
Education
Cox graduated from Texas A&M University in 2000 with a Bachelor of Science in computer science and from the University of Houston Law Center in 2006 with a Juris Doctor degree, summa cum laude. After graduating from law school, Cox was a law clerk to judge James Larry Edmondson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
In August 2025, Governor Mike Dunleavy named Cox acting attorney general. Cox was rejected in his confirmation hearings by the Alaska State Legislature on May 14, 2026, becoming the second state cabinet-level official rejected for confirmation on (after Wayne Ross in 2009), and was succeeded as acting attorney general by Cori Mills.
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U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas
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