Trevor S. Cox joins CEO Alison Martin for a delightful conversation about public service, appellate advocacy, and the pleasure of hard-copy books. Growing up in history-steeped Lexington, this Hunton litigator once considered becoming a historian until his senior thesis at Harvard—on Lincoln’s first attorney general—enticed him toward the law. He would go on to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court (surprisingly a surreally intimate space!) and serve as former Acting Solicitor General of Virginia.

Beyond the Episode 

• Get to know Trevor Cox...and his memorable case before the U.S. Supreme Court: Collins vs. Commonwealth of Virginia, 584 U.S. ___ 2018 

• Inducted as a new VLF Fellow in 2026, Trevor serves as chair of Virginia CLE’s Publications subcommittee. Do you have the latest 2026 titles from Virginia CLE Publications? 

• Virginia history buffs, have we got the event for you this September! The Constitutional Law Institute at George Washington's Mount Vernon. 

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