William C. Knox III

William Clarence Knox, III (Bill) was born and raised in the Hampton Rhodes area of the great southern state of Virginia. After graduating from Hampden-Sydney College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science in 1985, Mr. Knox moved to Washington, DC where he took a position with a large engineering company in their Contracts Administration Department. After several years of toiling away just inside the DCs nightmarish beltway, Mr. Knox finagled a transfer back home to the company's Virginia Beach, VA office.

Mr. Knox's interests are quite diverse. While in high school he was actively involved with the Chesapeake Volunteer Fire Department and Boy Scouts where he earned the rank of Eagle Scout. After returning home to Virginia Beach, Mr. Knox continued serving his community by joining and becoming a sworn auxiliary police officer with the Virginia Beach Police Department. As a police officer Mr. Knox primarily worked out of the department's resort oceanfront precinct, with a concentration in basic law and traffic enforcement.

In 1993, Mr. Knox decided to move Portland, Oregon in order to be closer to his family. In 1995 Mr. Knox was married to Lee Anne and later adopted her daughter April. In 1997 Mr. Knox decided to follow a lifelong dream, and he entered law school at Willamette University's College of Law. While in law school Mr. Knox earned awards for his trial skills and was a member of the school's law review. Mr. Knox was admitted to practice law in Oregon and Washington in 2000, and he now concentrates his practice in domestic relations and other general business litigation matters.