HISTORY

The firm of Tress Cocks & Maddox was established in 1897 by Herbert Tress.

He was joined in 1920 by George Cocks and in 1929 by John Maddox.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr Cocks was a solicitor for the Government Savings Bank of New South Wales . So it is not surprising that the firm acted for the State Bank throughout the 1920s and 1930s.

The firm’s association with the Australian Medical Association (AMA) began in the 1950s, when Mr Maddox wrote its articles of association. The health sector still represents a core area of expertise for the firm and the AMA has remained as a client.

In 1978, Peter Thompson founded the entertainment practice, when the sector was hardly recognised as an area of legal practice. The firm now has one of the nation’s largest entertainment and media practices and has received many accolades, including recognition for nine consecutive years in the ‘Entertainment’ category of the independent Australian legal industry guide, Legal Profiles.

During the 1990s, Tress Cocks & Maddox opened two interstate offices. The firm’s Melbourne office was formed in 1992 with a strong commercial focus. The Brisbane office opened in 1997 to service existing health sector clients. During that year, the firm won a tender to join the panel of Queensland Health. In the years since, this office has achieved widespread recognition as one of Queensland ’s premier health law practices.

Today, the firm is on the move.

On 1 March 2004, we merged with the Brisbane commercial law firm, O’Shea Corser & Wadely. This doubled our size in Queensland and ensures that we are now unquestionably the best health law practice in Brisbane .

Also in March 2004, Tress Cocks & Maddox unveiled a new corporate identity and name: TressCox.

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