Hezekiah Sistrunk | Atlanta Personal Injury Lawyer

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.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
National Partner and President	The Cochran Firm		Present
Partner	Love and Willingham		1988-1994
Associate	Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy		1982-1988

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
Duke University School of Law	J.D.	Law School	1982
North Carolina State University	B.A., cum laude		1979

State / Court	Date
Georgia	1983

• State Bar of Georgia
  American Bar Association
  Atlanta Bar Association
  Gate City Bar Association
  Georgia Defense Lawyers
  Phi Delta Phi
  Pi Sigma Alpha

• "Top 100 Lawyers" in the state of Georgia-National Trial Lawyers Association (2011-2019).  +AV Preeminent* rating-Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory (1989-2019)
  Charter Fellow-Litigation Counsel of America (2007-2019)
  Men Looking Ahead News Magazine 2011 annual "Power List of Georgia's Most Powerful and Influential Lawyers"
  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 2015 Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs and in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 editions for his work in the areas of Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs and Products Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs.  In 2019 named “Lawyer of the Year" Products Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs - in Atlanta
  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)

• 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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Verified Credentials	Date Verified
(1983) Licensed as Attorney in Georgia License. Verified with State Bar of Georgia.	April 26, 2011

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