About Jerome Cochran

Jerome Cochran grew up in Johnson City, Tennessee. Jerome attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and Regent University School of Law. He practiced law in Elizabethton, TN for fifteen years before being appointed an Administrative Law Judge, a position he held for eight years. Jerome is also a former member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, where he served for four years representing Carter County, and a former board member of the Tennessee Post-Conviction Oversight Committee.

Mr. Cochran has practiced criminal, domestic, bankruptcy, and administrative law in both state and federal courts and is a licensed Rule 31 mediator. He has served on various charitable boards including the TLC Community Center, The Shepherd’s Inn, and the Friends of Sycamore Shoals State Park. Jerome has been married to his wife, Sandy, for over 30 years and they have four children.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Garza Law Firm, PLLC

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$6 millionVerdictTop 20 in Tennessee · #7

Nathan Ling was handcuffed in the intake room of the Campbell County jail when officers beat him, breaking bones in his face and an arm, collapsing a lung and causing permanent brain damage. He was left on a concrete floor for about seven hours without treatment. A federal jury found the county liable for failing to train its jailers to intervene.

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee (Knoxville) · 2024Civil RightsRead the full story →

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Education

Regent University School of Law
J.D.
University of Tennessee in Knoxville
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Tennessee

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