{"id":2181,"date":"2021-12-14T17:16:41","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T17:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/hezekiah-sistrunk-jr-managing-partner-interview-at-atlco\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T13:37:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T13:37:34","slug":"hezekiah-sistrunk-jr-managing-partner-interview-at-atlco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/hezekiah-sistrunk-jr-managing-partner-interview-at-atlco\/","title":{"rendered":"Hezekiah Sistrunk, Jr., Managing Partner, Cochran Firm Atlanta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hezekiah Sistrunk, Jr., Managing Partner, Cochran Firm Atlanta<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>President of Cochran Firm Executive Committee<\/li>\n<li>National Partner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My roles are about service, as we\u2019re extending Mr. Cochran\u2019s legacy to more than 20 regional offices.<\/p>\n<p>Management Philosophy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Managing from the center; back to the top<\/li>\n<li>Collaborative Leadership<\/li>\n<li>Excellence in all areas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Objective:\u00a0 continue the legacy of Mr. Cochran, serve the disadvantaged, disenfranchised and provide service to the folks who have not been able to beget the best legal service, without a lot of cost involved.<\/p>\n<p>Personal relationship with Mr. Cochran \u2013 we have connections with our family history.\u00a0 Mr. Cochran\u2019s wife\u2019s uncle was my teacher in high school.\u00a0 We met and Mr. Cochran asked me to become a partner in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>The present success of the firm, some 10 years after the founder\u2019s passing is attributed to our commitment, prior to his death.\u00a0 We\u2019re committed to the same objectives that we had when Mr. Cochran was alive.\u00a0 In the wake of Mr. Cochran\u2019s death, he sat down with us and planned a strategy for how the firm should thrive, should he pass.<\/p>\n<p>What would Mr. Cochran say today, about the Firm; I suspect he would be proud, we\u2019ve kept the mandate, we kept it thriving and we\u2019re still doing the same thing, by protecting those same people that Johnnie cared about, while he was alive.<\/p>\n<p>Recent verdict:\u00a0 $20.5 mil (Atlanta Office, one of the most successful offices) \u2013 Dekalb County \u2013 Helping to rebuild the lives of folk, focus on helping clients\/people focus on rebuilding their lives and the money is the after effect.<\/p>\n<p>Looking Ahead:\u00a0 Recruit the best lawyers we can find, as we\u2019re expanding, growing into the community.\u00a0 Recruiting young lawyers who are willing to adapt and adopt that same philosophy.<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hezekiah Sistrunk, Jr., Managing Partner, Cochran Firm Atlanta President of Cochran Firm Executive Committee National Partner My roles are about service, as we\u2019re extending Mr. Cochran\u2019s legacy to more than 20 regional offices. Management Philosophy: Managing from the center; back to the top Collaborative Leadership Excellence in all areas Objective:\u00a0 continue the legacy of Mr. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"Hezekiah Sistrunk, Jr., Managing Partner, Cochran Firm Atlanta, Georgia","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1],"tags":[88],"class_list":["post-2181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","category-uncategorized","tag-local"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2181"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9826,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181\/revisions\/9826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}