Houston Personal Injury Attorneys Who Fight for You

GREGORY F. COX

Admitted

Texas (1995)
United States Fifth Circuit Courts of Appeals
United States District Courts – Eastern District of Texas
United States District Courts – Northern District of Texas
United States District Courts – Western District of Arkansas

Education

J.D., University of Texas School of Law (1995), honors
B.S., University of Texas (1992), high honors

Professional Activities and Memberships

State Bar of Texas
Board Certified Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas board of legal specialization
Member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi academic honor societies
Recipient of the Cain Fellowship in Public Interest Law

Prior to joining Mostyn Law, Greg Cox was an attorney with the Provost & Umphrey Law Firm in Beaumont, Texas. He began his law career as a judicial law clerk to Judge Wendell C. Radford in the Eastern District of Texas. Immediately following his judicial clerkship, he worked as an associate at Baker & McKenzie in Dallas, Texas.

Over the course of his legal career, Greg has worked on a wide variety of litigation matters, including wrongful death, product liability, insurance disputes, commercial litigation, and serious personal injury cases. He has also served as class counsel in several nationwide class action lawsuits.

MICHAEL A. DOWNEY

Admitted

Texas (2013)
United States District Courts – Eastern District of Texas (2014)
United States District Courts – Southern District of Texas (2014)
United States District Courts – Northern District of Texas (2014)
Licensed in Western District of Texas, 2018

Education

J.D., University of Texas School of Law (2013)
B.A., Franciscan University of Steubenville (2009)

Professional Activities and Memberships

State Bar of Texas
Cabrini Center for Immigrant Legal Assistance
2017, 2018- The National Trial Lawyers “Top 40 under 40″
2019- National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys “Top 10 under 40”

Michael Downey joined Mostyn Law in 2013. Michael works primarily on Personal Injury and Insurance litigation. He also has experience handling probate and estate cases, professional license defense cases, and complex commercial matters.

Michael enjoys being a part of Mostyn Law’s trial team.  His excellent advocacy skills and trial work have earned him recognition by the National Academy of Personal Injury “Top 10 Under 40” as well as the The National Trial Lawyers “Top 40 under 40” list.  

CATHRYN J. SCHEXNAIDER

Admitted

Texas (2012)
United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas (2017)
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (2019)

Education

J.D., University of Texas School of Law (2012)
B.B.A., University of Texas at Austin (2009), honors, in Corporate Finance and Accounting

Professional Activities and Memberships

State Bar of Texas
Houston Bar Association
Houston Young Lawyers Association

Cathryn Schexnaider has been employed with Mostyn Law since 2013. Cathryn has extensive experience litigating first-party insurance cases as well as a variety of personal injury cases in both state and federal court.  

Cathryn has helped resolve hundreds of lawsuits and has been involved in every aspect of the litigation process, from the inception of the case to the resolution of the lawsuit, either through settlement or trial.  Cathryn is dedicated to working diligently for her clients in order to provide the best resolution of their claims.

During her time at UT Law, Cathryn interned for the Honorable Ron Clark, District Judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas and clerked for the Provost Umphrey Law Firm, LLP in Beaumont.

Cathryn is a Beaumont, Texas native and currently resides in Houston, Texas.