James Cobb is a trial and appellate lawyer and a founding partner of Caplan Cobb LLC. James specializes in complex business disputes, constitutional and tort litigation, and federal and state appeals.James’s cases have been the subject of news articles all over the country, including in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. In addition, James is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for commercial litigation and appellate practice; he is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation; Super Lawyers magazine named him to its list of the Top 100 lawyers in Georgia; American Law Media identified him as one of the 40 lawyers in Georgia who are “On the Rise”; Martindale-Hubbell gave him its highest rating of AV Preeminent; and Georgia Trend magazine named him to its list of Georgia’s Legal Elite.Before founding Caplan Cobb, James served as a law clerk to the Honorable Jacques L. Wiener, Jr., of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans. He also practiced with Rogers & Hardin LLP in Atlanta and Ropes & Gray LLP in Boston.James and his wife, Gretchen, live in Decatur, Georgia, with their four sons. James is actively involved in the Decatur and Atlanta communities–among other things, he has served on the boards of the Decatur Education Foundation and the Wylde Center, and on the Corporate Leadership Council of the Fernbank Museum of Natural History.
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