About The Firm

“Our firm’s partners have been helping those that need it the most for over 40 years.”
   -Johnnie L. Cochran Jr.

Johnnie Cochran's national law firm of Cochran, Cherry, Givens & Smith, P.C., through a series of mergers, office expansions, regional partnerships and joint law firm ventures, has emerged to become "The Cochran Firm", America's largest personal injury plaintiffs tort law firm. The Firm, headed by nationally famous trial lawyer Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr., now has offices in California, New York, Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Georgia, Tennessee, and Washington, D.C. with more than 100 lawyers available for and devoted to civil trial litigation.

The mergers and firm expansions over the past several years have brought together several of the best known and highly regarded figures in the legal community. The Firm’s growth and expansion has been a positive step in the execution of Johnnie's vision of expanding his national law firm to enhance the firm's capability of handling a wide variety of tort cases throughout America. The growth of The Firm has strengthened all offices by adding talent and resources to our existing capabilities.

Johnnie Cochran, along with his Partners, has been recognized by the renowned legal publication, The National Law Journal, as outstanding trial lawyers. In 1995, Mr. Cochran was named Trial Lawyer of the Year.

The Cochran Firm will continue to focus on civil litigation and remains dedicated to representing the victims of accidents, medical malpractice, fraud, discrimination and other areas of personal damages. We are committed to achieving our goal of providing the highest quality legal representation available in our areas of practice.