Powder Springs Lawyers

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 and consumer law firms with some of the most aggressive, tireless and effective personal injury attorneys. Tried over 100 cases to verdict with verdicts and settlements on behalf of injury victims and consumers in excess of $1Billion. Authored and lectured on medical professional liability issues, complex litigation matters, including class action and mass tort litigation. Served as a mediator in hundreds of litigated matters. Professional recognitions include: +"Top 100 Lawyers" in the state of...

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Peter Canfield has over thirty years experience in complex civil and criminal trial and appellate litigation in courts across the country. He has served as a prosecutor in the United States Justice Department and as a Deputy District Attorney in the State of Alabama. For the past twenty five years, he has been a partner in private practice focused on protecting the constitutional rights of his clients, including the day-to-day representation of reporters, authors, newspapers, broadcasters and other media organizations involved in exposing wrongdoing by and against the government. Peter obtained his law degree from Yale Law...

THOMAS J. THOMAS Attorney Thomas J. Thomas focuses his practice on representing clients charged with alcohol and drug violations and traffic violations. He graduated cum laude in 1980 from Indiana University’s law school. Since 1993 Mr. Thomas has practiced law in Georgia and is admitted to practice before both the Georgia Court of Appeals and George Supreme Court. He has argued and won several important cases before both the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court including: Spencer v. State, 302 Ga. 133 (2017), Keller v. State, 247 Ga. App. 599 (2001), Keller v. State, 275 Ga. 680 (2002), Fraser...

Mr. Peak has been a litigation attorney his entire career. He has litigated a wide variety of cases in that time, but now focuses a 100% of his practice representing whistleblowers by bringing and litigating cases under the federal False Claims Act, various state false claims acts, the SEC whistleblower provisions, and whistleblower retaliation claims. Mr. Peak has helped build a robust FCA practice at his previous firm and is thrilled to bring that experience to Bracker & Marcus LLC. He has represented whistleblowers or “relators” in wide array of FCA cases, including healthcare fraud, Medicare/Medicaid billing schemes fraud, Stark...

Attorney Brian C. Ross, a South Carolina native, graduated from University of South Carolina Upstate with a degree in History and then went on to attend John Marshall Law School in Atlanta. While in law school, Brian was on the mock trial team and clerked for multiple private trial attorneys before interning at the Fulton County District Attorney’s office where he prosecuted felony crimes under the Third Year Practice Act. Brian stood out amongst his peers, often times volunteering for projects and working overtime to hone his skills. After graduating law school, Brian Ross was hired as an Assistant District Attorney...

I have years of experience writing appellate briefs. I have written over 40 briefs and litigated over 200 habeas cases. I also have tried many cases including jury and bench trials. I appply this experience when representing my clients. I have an understanding of the justice system from both sides. I will aagressively fight to get my clients' wrongful convictions overturned.

Heather Johnston is an Attorney with Meriwether & Tharp, LLC. Born and raised in Blue Ridge, Georgia, Ms. Johnston left the mountains and moved to Atlanta to attend the Georgia Institute of Technology. There, she served on the Undergraduate Judiciary Cabinet, interned on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. for a Georgia Congressman, and graduated summa cum laude with a degree in Public Policy. In 2023, Ms. Johnston received her Juris Doctorate from Georgia State University's College of Law with highest distinctions in the Public Service and Pro Bono program. In addition, Ms. Johnston served as president of the Family Law Society,...