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Johnnie L Cochran, Jr.
1937 - 2005
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It was the dream of our founding partner Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. to build a law firm with offices across the country that was made up of men and women from all races, religions and creeds to show the world how well we could all work together. Today, with more than 35 offices across more than 20 states the attorneys at The Cochran Firm work to fulfill Johnnie’s dream by working for our clients with the same work ethic and dedication to justice exemplified by our founding partner.
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Sam Starks is Senior Attorney at The Cochran Firm Atlanta, and is involved in all aspects of the firm’s litigation practice, including medical malpractice, premises liability, civil rights and wrongful death cases. Sam graduated from Duke University School of Law in 1992, where he was a Note Editor on the Duke Law Journal.
After graduating from law school, Sam clerked for Judge Damon J. Keith, on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Following his clerkship, Sam began his legal career as a practicing attorney as a staff attorney at The Washington Post. While in Washington, D.C. Sam also worked several years as a staff attorney at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia.
After relocating to Atlanta in 1999, Sam began his career as a plaintiff’s trial attorney representing individuals in various types of personal injury and property damages cases. Over the past 15 years, Sam has represented hundreds of clients and served as lead counsel in civil trials in state and federal courts, and also briefed and argued numerous appeals in state and federal court.
Sam is a veteran of the U.S. Army and a native of South Carolina. He has taught at numerous programs for civil and criminal trial attorneys, including the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College. To learn more about Sam Starks, visit bit.ly/33bUncU. You can also visit bit.ly/2TPBszq to meet the rest of our attorneys.
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Through sleepless nights Johnnie began to listen to the voices that had always been with him. C.A.W. Clarke’s sermons in Little Union Baptist Church; “A man cannot serve two masters”, His mother making him promise to be the best that he can be, Thurgood Marshall speaking on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court, and W.E.B. Dubois describing how Frederick Douglas resolved his own inner struggle. He listened to these voices and in March of 1965 Johnnie left the city attorney’s office and entered into private practice. After leaving the city attorney’s office in 1965 Johnnie Cochran opened his first private practice with another former deputy district attorney Gerald D. Lenoir. He was now ready to experience the 148 cases from the other side of the courtroom.
This is the final part of a multi-post series about Johnnie Cochran’s work for the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office. Keep an eye out for the next part of this story. In the meantime, you can read more about Johnnie’s legacy at bit.ly/3l1bHaR.
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Sam Starks is Senior Attorney at The Cochran Firm Atlanta, and is involved in all aspects of the firm’s litigation practice, including medical malpractice, premises liability, civil rights and wrongful death cases. Sam graduated from Duke University School of Law in 1992, where he was a Note Editor on the Duke Law Journal.
After graduating from law school, Sam clerked for Judge Damon J. Keith, on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Following his clerkship, Sam began his legal career as a practicing attorney as a staff attorney at The Washington Post. While in Washington, D.C. Sam also worked several years as a staff attorney at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia.
After relocating to Atlanta in 1999, Sam began his career as a plaintiff’s trial attorney representing individuals in various types of personal injury and property damages cases. Over the past 15 years, Sam has represented hundreds of clients and served as lead counsel in civil trials in state and federal courts, and also briefed and argued numerous appeals in state and federal court.
Sam is a veteran of the U.S. Army and a native of South Carolina. He has taught at numerous programs for civil and criminal trial attorneys, including the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College. To learn more about Sam Starks, visit https://bit.ly/33bUncU. You can also visit https://bit.ly/2TPBszq to meet the rest of our attorneys.
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Through sleepless nights Johnnie began to listen to the voices that had always been with him. C.A.W. Clarke’s sermons in Little Union Baptist Church; “A man cannot serve two masters”, His mother making him promise to be the best that he can be, Thurgood Marshall speaking on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court, and W.E.B. Dubois describing how Frederick Douglas resolved his own inner struggle. He listened to these voices and in March of 1965 Johnnie left the city attorney’s office and entered into private practice. After leaving the city attorney’s office in 1965 Johnnie Cochran opened his first private practice with another former deputy district attorney Gerald D. Lenoir. He was now ready to experience the 148 cases from the other side of the courtroom.
This is the final part of a multi-post series about Johnnie Cochran’s work for the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office. Keep an eye out for the next part of this story. In the meantime, you can read more about Johnnie’s legacy at https://bit.ly/3l1bHaR.
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Today, we celebrate the life and legacy of civil rights hero Martin Luther King, Jr.
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The two most common conditions that affect a child injured during birth are Erb’s palsy and cerebral palsy. These conditions are the most common type of brachial plexus palsy and are neurological conditions that lead to difficulty or lack of muscle control or movement. These can occur when a baby’s brain, nerves, or nerve fibers are damaged before, during, or slightly after birth.
If you believe that your child is showing signs of either cerebral palsy or Erb’s palsy, it is important to contact your doctor or nurse and or even see a specialist. To learn more about birth injuries, keep an eye out for our new article “Understanding Birth Injuries” at https://bit.ly/3Gnwy01.
If you’re looking for an experienced personal injury attorney to help you pursue justice for your birth injury, please contact The Cochran Firm online at https://bit.ly/3g24Smk or by calling 1-800-The-Firm today.
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According to the CDC, roughly 1 in every 9,714 people in the United States are born with a birth injury. Birth injuries take place when an injury or death results to an infant or mother during the birthing process due to medical negligence, malpractice, an error, or improper hospital policies.
Birth injury litigation falls within medical malpractice and can additionally be pursued if there is negligent prenatal care. Many things can lead to negligent prenatal care, such as failure to identify birth defects, failure to diagnose a disease that could be life-threatening to the child or mother, failure to identify an ectopic pregnancy, a complication where the embryo attaches to the outside of the mother’s uterus.
All of these birth injuries have one thing in common: a healthcare professional acted in a negligent way and that negligence was the sole cause of the child’s or mother’s injuries. To learn more about birth injuries, keep an eye out for our new article “Understanding Birth Injuries” coming out this Friday.
To schedule your free, no-obligation consultation with an experienced personal injury lawyer, please contact The Cochran Firm online at https://bit.ly/3g24Smk or by calling 1-800-The-Firm today.
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By 1965 Johnnie had become one of the city attorney’s top trial lawyers. Increasingly though he noticed that the cases coming his way were what was called “148s”. This means that the defendants he saw were charged with violating Section 148 of the California Penal Code, or in other words, resisting arrest or interfering with an officer in the course of his duties. LAPD officers privately referred to the penal code section 148 as “the attitude test.” If someone “flunked the attitude test” the officers would administer “curbside justice.”
Johnnie would start each week and see a courtroom filled with men who had “flunked the attitude test.” They invariably displayed visual injuries that would range from cuts and bruises to fractured limbs. Aside from the injuries, 90% of the defendants had another thing in common. They were African American men. The police in LA had become accustomed to exercising their power virtually unchecked by any authority higher than their own headquarters. From day one it was clear to Johnnie why he and his fellow deputy city attorneys were being asked to prosecute these bogus 148 cases. Through pursuing criminal charges against the men who had “flunked the attitude test”, the city made it virtually impossible for them to file civil suits against the city and be compensated for their injuries.
This is the second part of a multi-post series about Johnnie Cochran’s work for the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office. Keep an eye out for the next part of this story. In the meantime, you can read more about Johnnie’s legacy at https://bit.ly/3l1bHaR.
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Pet ownership can be a tremendously rewarding and relaxing experience for owners who put in the time and effort necessary to properly train their dogs. However, the sad reality is that many owners do not put in this effort. According to a study from the Center for Disease Control (CDC), approximately 4.5 million dog bites occur in the United States each year, with 800,000 of those bites resulting in the need for medical care.
Dog bite injuries can range in severity from mild to life-threatening, and the compensation available to you will be a reflection of the unique circumstances of your case. Generally speaking, our personal injury lawyers can pursue compensation for medical expenses, lost wages, diminished earning capacity, pain and suffering. To learn more about dog bite injuries, visit https://bit.ly/3eZgNju. If you’ve suffered a dog bite, contact The Cochran Firm today at 1-800-The-Firm or https://bit.ly/3g24Smk.
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On January 10, 1963, Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. went to work as an attorney for the first time. As a new attorney working for the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office Johnnie was initially assigned to traffic court. On his very first day, he tried 28 traffic tickets and won them all. Not long after he moved up to trying drunk driving and misdemeanor battery cases. In his first two years, Johnnie participated in over 125 jury trials and had begun experimenting with the theatrical courtroom demeanor that he had learned from his pastor at Little Union Baptist Church and would later be famous for.
This is the first part of a multi-post series about Johnnie Cochran’s work for the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office. Keep an eye out for the next part of this story. In the meantime, you can read more about Johnnie’s legacy at https://bit.ly/3l1bHaR.
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As we welcome a new year, we’d like to re-introduce ourselves! Founded over 50 years ago, The Cochran Firm is one of the nation's premier plaintiffs' litigation, personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, civil rights, product liability, and criminal defense law firms. Our mission is to serve the nation with a diverse group of talented men and women dedicated to providing the highest quality legal representation for injured people, their families and those who are in need.
Through our work we will promote respect, compassion and understanding for all people no matter their race, religion or political beliefs. Whether a civil rights violation, a serious injury wrongfully imposed or a tragic human death, The Cochran Firm will always fight for justice. For a free consultation, contact The Cochran Firm today at 1-800-The-Firm or https://bit.ly/3g24Smk.
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Happy New Year’s Eve! We will see you all in 2022!
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Given the outrage of the community and the media scrutiny, it became clear to the civic establishment that they would need to handle the Deadwyler case in an extremely thoughtful manner. District Attorney Evelle J. Younger was the first official to address this fact. He was also the person responsible for deciding whether to prosecute officer Bova for shooting Leonard Deadwyler.
Younger was well aware of the fact that his decision to prosecute Bova, or not, had to be reached in a manner that the majority of the community would accept as fair. He accomplished this by requesting a coroner’s inquest to establish the cause of Leonard Deadwyler’s death. He hoped that a public proceeding would put the facts out into the community, and it just so happened that around that time KTLA approached Younger with an idea to televise the inquest. Younger accepted their offer and the Deadwyler Inquest became the first legal proceeding in California history to be carried live on TV.
This is the final part of a multi-post series on The Deadwyler Inquisition. You can read more about Johnnie’s legacy at https://bit.ly/3l1bHaR.
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“I never doubted that I would be successful. The possibility of failure just didn’t occur to me.” - Johnnie Cochran
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The Cochran Firm wishes everyone a safe and happy holiday season!
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The Cochran Firm is one of the nation's premier plaintiffs' litigation, personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, civil rights, product liability, and criminal defense law firms. The attorneys with The Cochran Firm handle the most challenging civil cases involving personal injury, product and drug liability, wrongful death, fraud, truck and automobile accidents, medical malpractice, environmental pollution, complex and commercial litigation, class action, mass torts and nursing home abuse. We are devoted to handling cases for all people with civil claims due to the negligence or wrongful conduct of others. Additionally, our criminal defense attorneys aggressively defend those clients charged with criminal offenses by developing strategies that will most effectively shape their cases.
To learn about all of the types of lawyers, read our latest article “Different Types of Attorneys You May Need” at https://bit.ly/30QpKs4. To schedule your free, no-obligation consultation with an experienced lawyer, please contact The Cochran Firm online at https://bit.ly/3g24Smk or by calling 1-800-The-Firm today.
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There are many different types of lawyers who specialize in a wide variety of practice areas. The Cochran Firm has attorneys who can help with any kind of claim, including Personal Injury. When someone is injured due to the negligence or wrongdoing of another, The Cochran Firm Personal Injury Attorneys are there to help with 24/7 specialists to address your needs or questions. Personal injury claims often involve three main issues: liability, fault and damages. The attorneys at The Cochran Firm are among the nation’s most recognized and successful personal injury lawyers in the country. To learn more about practice areas in law, keep an eye out for our new article “Different Types of Attorneys You May Need” coming out this Friday.
To schedule your free, no-obligation consultation with an experienced personal injury lawyer, please contact The Cochran Firm online at https://bit.ly/3g24Smk or by calling 1-800-The-Firm today.
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