Byron Perkins

The Cochran Firm, with 21 locations nationwide

As a managing attorney with The Cochran Firm - Birmingham, Byron Perkins focuses his practice in the areas of personal injury, wrongful death, automobile accidents, sexual harassment, as well as racial and gender discrimination.

In 2006, Byron was named Co-Counsel to the Fritz Pollard Alliance (FPA), an influential group of minority sports professionals leading the charge of promoting diversity, equality and opportunity in the coaching, front office and scouting staffs of the National Football League (NFL).

Byron has received national media attention on numerous high-profile cases. He served as co-counsel in one of the largest settlement cases of racial discrimination resulting in a $192.5 million case against Coca-Cola Company. This case continues to serve as the gold standard for class-wide relief of discrimination cases, as well as for developing diversity in corporate America. Byron has served as counsel in a number of class actions including: Ingram v. Coca Cola; Robinson v. Boeing; Crum v. State of Alabama; Washington v. O'Neal Steel; Brown v. The Equitable; Campbell v. Amtrak; Allen v. Navistar; and Jenkins v. BellSouth.

In another widely publicized racial discrimination case, Byron obtained a groundbreaking settlement on behalf of his client, Kenney Edwards, against the John Deere Company. This case was featured on the Tom Joyner Morning Show by Tavis Smiley. Byron also represented American Idol winner and Birmingham native Ruben Studdard in his litigation against 205Flava for misappropriation of Mr. Studdard's image.

Byron has appeared on National Public Radio. He has been interviewed by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Black Enterprise,The Atlanta Journal and The Birmingham News. The Fritz Pollard Association, promoting diversity in coaching and front office staffs on behalf of African Americans with the National Football League ("NFL"), selected Byron to serve as co-general counsel.

A graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Byron received his undergraduate degree in Social and Behavioral Sciences with a concentration in Political Science. He received his Juris Doctor at Cumberland School of Law.

Admitted to practice in State, Federal and Circuit Courts of Appeal, Byron is a member of The Million Dollar Advocates Forum, the National Bar Association, the American Trial Lawyers Association, the Alabama Trial Lawyers Association, the Alabama Lawyers Association, the Alabama Bar Association, and the Magic City Bar Association where he served as past president.

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