Hezekiah Sistrunk | Atlanta Personal Injury Lawyer

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Main Office

100 Peachtree Street NW
Suite 2600
Atlanta, GA 30303

Office Hours

Monday - Friday8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Other Locations

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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About Hezekiah

Hezekiah is a National Partner and President of The Cochran Firm, founded by the legendary Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr.  The Cochran Firm is one of the nation’s largest personal injury, medical malpractice, and consumer law firms with some of the most aggressive personal injury attorneys, known for their tireless and effective legal representation. Hezekiah is also Chairman of the National Firm's Executive/Management Committee and the Managing Partner of the Firm's Atlanta Office. He has tried over 100 cases to verdict. Hezekiah and his trial teams have attained verdicts and settlements on behalf of injury victims and consumers in excess of $1Billion. Hezekiah has authored and lectured on medical professional liability issues, complex litigation matters, including class action and mass tort litigation, and has conducted risk management and risk assessment seminars for various clients. In addition to his trial experience, lecturing and advising clients, Hezekiah has also served as a mediator in hundreds of matters. Mr. Sistrunk’s practice focuses largely on the litigation of complex disputes involving common law, statutory law, contract law, physician and hospital liability law, product liability law, commercial, corporate, and business issues, catastrophic personal injury cases, and class action/ mass torts/pharmaceutical litigation. Over the course of his career, in fact, Mr. Sistrunk has prosecuted and defended hundreds of litigated matters before state courts, federal courts, and administrative agencies and has tried over 100 cases to verdict Mr. Sistrunk has lectured on medical professional liability issues, complex litigation matters including class action and mass tort litigation and has conducted risk management and risk assessment seminars for various clients. In addition to his trial experience, lecturing, and advising clients, Mr. Sistrunk has also served as a mediator in hundreds of matters.

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Experience

National Partner and President

The Cochran Firm

Present

Partner

Love and Willingham

1988-1994

Associate

Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy

1982-1988

Admission

Verified Georgia

1983

Education

North Carolina State University

B.A., cum laude

1979

Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • State Bar of Georgia
  • American Bar Association
  • Atlanta Bar Association
  • Gate City Bar Association
  • Georgia Defense Lawyers
  • Phi Delta Phi
  • Pi Sigma Alpha
Honors / Awards
  • "Top 100 Lawyers" in the state of Georgia-National Trial Lawyers Association (). +AV Preeminent* rating-Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory ()
    2011-2019 / 1989-2019
  • Charter Fellow-Litigation Counsel of America ()
    2007-2019
  • Men Looking Ahead News Magazine annual "Power List of Georgia's Most Powerful and Influential Lawyers"
    2011
  • Super Lawyers Magazine list of Georgia Super Lawyers ()
    2007-2019
  • Inducted into the Gate City Bar Association Hall of Fame ()
    2011
  • Inducted as a Fellow into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers ()
    2012
  • Clarence Darrow Award during the Mass Torts Made Perfect Conference ()
    2014
  • The National Bar Association Maynard H. Jackson, Jr. Legacy Award ()
    2014
  • The Best Lawyers in America Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs and inand editions for his work in the areas of Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs and Products Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs. In named “Lawyer of the Year" Products Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs in Atlanta
    2015 / 2016 / 2017 / 2018 / 2019 / 2020 / 2019
  • President of the National Trial Lawyers ()
    2015
  • National Trial Lawyers Executive Committee ()
    2008-2019
  • Lawyers of Color Fourth Annual Power List ()
    2015
  • The National Association of Distinguished Counsel ()
    2015-2019
  • Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation ()
    2016-2019
  • National Trial Lawyers The RoundTable, America's 50 Most Influential Trial Lawyers ()
    2017-2019
  • America’ Top 100 High Stakes Litigators ()
    2017-2019
  • National Trial Lawyers Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame ()
    2018
  • LAWDRAGON 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers ()
    2019

Notable Work

Cases

Results

Including ten unprecedented verdicts in excess of $100 million each and 35 in excess of $10 million, The Cochran Firm has secured over $30 billion in verdicts, settlements, and judgments for our clients.

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Accident & Injury, Pharmaceutical Product, Industry Specialties

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Languages: English

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