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Traumatic Brain Injury, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury Attorneys
The Cochran Firm – Metairie is a law firm that focuses its practice on Traumatic Brain Injuries, medical malpractice and personal injury cases. The Firm has recovered more than $40,000,000 in settlements and verdicts in Traumatic Brain Injury cases in the last 4 years alone. The firm is a Bar Registry Firm in the area of medical malpractice, which indicates it has achieved a status as preeminent in this field. Its senior managing partner, Mr. Jeffrey A. Mitchell, was hand-picked by the famous late Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. (1937-2005), to chair the Medical Malpractice Section for The Cochran Firm, U.S.A., which has approximately 30 offices nationwide. Mr. Mitchell enjoys a legal rating of A.V., the highest legal rating available for an attorney from the Martindale Hubbell Legal Directory. Mr. Mitchell is also only one of approximately 12 lawyers in Louisiana who is Board Certified to handle medical malpractice cases by the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys.
Mr. Mitchell was featured in the April 23, 2012 edition of Newsweek Magazine as one of the Nationwide Leading Medical Malpractice Attorneys. Mr. Mitchell was selected for inclusion in the 2012-2016 editions of The Best Lawyers in America. He was also selected to the 2012-2016 editions of Louisiana SuperLawyers.