Falen O. Cox

Falen Cox was born and raised in Fairfield, Alabama. She is a product of the Fairfield City Public School system. After graduating high school, she enrolled at Jacksonville State University where she was involved with the Student Government Association (SGA) as a Senator, Parliamentarian, and named SGA Senator of the Year for two consecutive years. She was also elected School Delegation Leader for the YMCA’s Collegiate Legislature. She graduated, with honors, in the spring of 2007, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice.

In the fall of 2007, Falen enrolled at Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of law. At Mercer, Falen joined the Black Law Student’s Association where she served as 1L representative, community service chair, and parliamentarian. She was also a member of the Mercer Advocacy Council where she represented Mercer Law in moot court competitions, winning Best Brief and First Place Team Champion at the Charleston School of Law National Moot Court Competition in 2009. She served as Vice Chair of Client Counseling and Negotiations in 2009-2010, that year her team won second place at the South Regional American Bar Association’s Client Counseling Competition. During her summer breaks, she interned at the Georgia Innocence Project and the National Criminal Defense College. Upon graduation, she was inducted into the Order of the Barristers, a national honor society which recognizes graduating third year law students who have demonstrated outstanding ability in preparation and presentation of moot appellate arguments.

Falen began her legal career at the Eastern Judicial Circuit’s Office of the Public Defender, and passed the Georgia Bar Exam during the fall of 2010. She first began as a junior attorney in the Early Intervention Program (EIP). Simultaneously, Falen was part of a two-member appellate division and represented clients on motions for new trial, and before the Court of Appeals of Georgia and the Supreme Court of Georgia. Falen was promoted within a year, and assigned to represent clients in the Superior Court of Chatham County. In 2012, the Superior Court created the “major crimes division” to which Falen was immediately assigned, and she became the youngest attorney to serve within that division, where she practiced before the Honorable Chief Judge Michael Karpf. After two years Falen was promoted to senior trial attorney.

In January of 2017, after more than six years at the public defender’s office, Falen along with partners John Rodman, and Christopher Middleton formed Cox, Rodman, and Middleton, LLC, a litigation law firm practicing criminal defense, personal injury, family law, business formation, contract law, and employment law.

Falen began her legal career at the Eastern Judicial Circuit’s Office of the Public Defender in 2010. She first began as a junior attorney in the Early Intervention Program (EIP). During that period, she was also member of the appellate division that represented clients on motions for new trial before the Georgia Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Georgia. Falen was quickly promoted to a trial team and began representing clients in the Superior Court of Chatham County. In 2012, Falen was promoted to the “Major Crimes Division” where she became the became the youngest attorney to serve in that position.

After more than six years at the public defender’s office, Falen along with partners John Rodman, and Christopher Middleton formed Cox, Rodman, and Middleton, LLC, a litigation law firm practicing criminal defense, personal injury, family law, business formation, contract law, appellate law and employment law.

In addition to supporting the community throughout her legal career, Falen seeks to empower women and girls through her various community affiliations. She has been a member of the Port City Bar Association (PCBA)—a minority bar association for lawyers in the greater Savannah community—since 2010. Additionally, Falen founded and supervises Best Foot Forward (B.F.F.), a PCBA program which mentors 8th grade girls enrolled at Savannah Classical Academy. Each month, mentors meet with the girls to talk about everything from courage to relationships. When she is not serving as a mentor, Falen lends her skills to the school’s board of directors, where she has previously served as secretary, and currently serves as Vice-Chair, and is an active member of the Savannah Classical Academy Foundation board.

Falen frequently speaks about the importance of making good decisions at other schools within the Chatham County School system, and has lectured at Savannah State University. Aside from teaching life lessons, she has also coached students in mock trial and moot court at Savannah High School and Savannah Law School.

In 2015, Falen was selected to serve on the City of Savannah’s Code Enforcement Appeals Board, a position she holds currently. In 2016 she was selected to serve on Mercer Law School’s newly minted Young Alumni Council where she represents the class of 2010 and serves on the nominating committee.