Mr. Anthony L. Cochran

Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP

During the 48 years he has been practicing law in Atlanta, Tony has represented many individuals and businesses on a wide variety of complex matters. He has tried dozens of jury trials in many areas of the law (both civil and criminal, federal and state), bench trials (in federal and state courts), administrative and regulatory hearings (before both federal and state agencies and boards), and medical peer review hearings at hospitals. 

He graduated from Western Kentucky University in 1972.  He graduated from Northwestern University Law School in 1976, beginning his legal career in Atlanta with a large firm doing product liability and medical malpractice defense. From 1982 to 1985, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia.  From 1985 until 2020, he practiced with his own small firm in Atlanta.  Since 2000, Tony has been a Partner in the Litigation Practice of Smith Gambrell Russell in Atlanta.