Natalie M. Cox, Esq.

Hon. Natalie M. Cox is Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Nevada in Las Vegas, initially sworn in on Jan. 27, 2020, and named Chief Judge on April 1, 2025. She previously had served as an Assistant U.S. Trustee in the Office of the U.S. Trustee in Nashville, Tenn., since April 2019, overseeing chapter 7 and 11 cases and supervising chapter 7 trustees. Judge Cox also gained vital insight as a trial attorney in the Office of the U.S. Trustee’s field office in Wilmington, Del., where she managed and litigated chapter 11 cases. It was while Judge Cox engaged in private practice in Las Vegas as an associate, then partner, at Kolesar & Leathan, Chtd., and as an associate at Jolley, Urga, Wirth, Woodbury & Standish, that she developed an intense interest in bankruptcy practice. Judge Cox received her Bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tenn., and her J.D. cum laude from the University of Nevada William S. Boyd School of Law.