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Today the Atlanta City Council will consider an ordinance that creates a transparency officer and requires mandatory annual open records training for employees as well as establishes a public [...]

On August 2nd, Bracker & Marcus LLC and Caplan Cobb LLP announced an $84.5 million settlement with William Beaumont Hospital to resolve a False Claims Act lawsuit brought by client David Felten, [...]

The team at Caplan Cobb, along with friends and family, had a great time Saturday participating in ServiceJuris Day, an annual community-service event organized by ServiceJuris, Inc. in [...]

Caplan Cobb associate Sarah Brewerton-Palmer spoke at the State Bar of Georgia’s “Nuts and Bolts of Civil Appellate Practice” conference on Friday, June 1. Sarah showed off her expertise with [...]

Caplan Cobb is excited to participate in the 2018 Georgia Legal Food Frenzy benefiting the Atlanta Community Food Bank.  The Georgia Legal Food Frenzy is a two-week food and fund [...]

Caplan Cobb Celebrates Its Fourth Anniversary Caplan Cobb LLP, an Atlanta law firm specializing in business and complex litigation, is celebrating the end of its fourth successful year. During [...]

On December 8, 2017, the Fulton County Daily Report published an article about the history and future of Caplan Cobb, LLP. Columnist and business development coach Robin Hensley explains how the [...]

Caplan Cobb congratulates Mike Caplan, Amy Michaelson Kelly, and Ben Cheesbro, who have been named to Georgia Trend Magazine’s list of “Legal Elite” in Georgia for 2017.  Mr. Caplan and Ms. Kelly [...]

Caplan Cobb is pleased to announce the launch of its new and refreshed website.  The new site includes a clean look-and-feel, showcases the accomplishments of our growing and talented team, and [...]

Congratulations to James Cobb, who has been re-appointed co-chair of the Trade Secrets Subcommittee of the American Bar Association’s Business Torts & Unfair Competition Committee.  The [...]

Caplan Cobb is once again pleased to announce that Mike Caplan and James Cobb have both been given Martindale-Hubbell’s highest rating of AV Preeminent® for their legal ability and professional [...]

Caplan Cobb LLP is pleased to announce the addition of two new lawyers: Julia Blackburn Stone and Ashley C. Brown. Julia joined our team in June. She is a 2011 graduate of the Emory University [...]

Caplan Cobb, an Atlanta law firm specializing in complex civil litigation and appellate matters, has been named a Best Place to Work for 2017 by the Atlanta Business Chronicle. The [...]

Caplan Cobb LLP is seeking an associate attorney with approximately two to four years of litigation experience, preferably with a focus on complex business disputes. Experience as a federal law [...]

Caplan Cobb Celebrates Its Third Anniversary Caplan Cobb LLP, an Atlanta law firm specializing in business and complex litigation, is celebrating the end of its third successful year. During its [...]

Caplan Cobb LLP is pleased to announce the addition of its two newest lawyers:  Amy Michaelson Kelly and Sarah Brewerton-Palmer. With the addition of Amy and Sarah, Caplan Cobb now has seven [...]

Caplan Cobb’s Mike Caplan and Brandon Waddell, along with legendary criminal defense lawyer Bruce Harvey and famed civil rights lawyer Gerry Weber, represent Nydia Tisdale, a citizen [...]

Two Years and Going Strong Caplan Cobb LLP, an Atlanta law firm specializing in business and complex litigation, is celebrating the end of its second successful year.  During its second year, [...]

Congratulations to Caplan Cobb partners Mike Caplan and James Cobb and associate Ben Cheesbro for being named to the list of Rising Stars in business litigation by Super Lawyers magazine.  This [...]

Mike Caplan was quoted today in a blog post by renowned AJC legal writer Bill Rankin about the common fears of trial lawyers.  Bobby Lee Cook, Don Samuel, and Adam Malone were also interviewed [...]

Caplan Cobb LLP is pleased to announce that it has moved its offices to 75 Fourteenth Street, the Tower above the Four Seasons Hotel.  Caplan Cobb’s new office is centrally located in [...]

Caplan Cobb is pleased to announce that The Daily Report has named our partner, James Cobb, to its 2015 list of the 40 lawyers in Georgia under the age of 40 who are “On the Rise.” [...]

Caplan Cobb LLP, a boutique business-litigation law firm in Midtown Atlanta, is looking for a part-time legal assistant to handle administrative and office-management responsibilities. This is a [...]

Caplan Cobb partner Mike Caplan, who represents Justin Chapman, is prominently featured in Episode 4 and 5 of “Breakdown,” a podcast series produced by the Atlanta-Journal Constitution.

Caplan Cobb won a temporary restraining order and order appointing a receiver in a case involving a multi-million dollar real estate investment.  The case involves a dispute between the members [...]

On Sunday, the AJC began “Breakdown,” its 7-part podcast series on the Justin Chapman case.  Caplan Cobb partner Mike Caplan is featured in the series and is co-lead counsel in the [...]

In Bell v. Waffle House Inc., the Georgia Court of Appeals discussed the procedural requirements for Georgia’s offer-of-settlement statute, O.C.G.A. § 9-11-68.  The Bell plaintiff claimed he was [...]

In Bell v. Waffle House Inc., the Georgia Court of Appeals discussed the procedural requirements for Georgia’s offer-of-settlement statute, O.C.G.A. § 9-11-68.  The Bell plaintiff claimed he was [...]

Yesterday, Mike Caplan traveled to meet his client, Justin Chapman, who was being released from prison—a free man after almost 8 years of wrongful incarceration. Justin’s release follows the [...]

Along with Bobby Lee Cook of Cook & Connelly in Summerville, Georgia, Caplan Cobb represented Teresa Graham, who was injured while shopping at a large retail superstore.  After Mr. Cook [...]

Along with Emmet Bondurant and John Rains of Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP, Mike Caplan of Caplan Cobb won a unanimous decision in the Georgia Supreme Court today.  The decision affirmed the [...]

Caplan Cobb partner Mike Caplan was quoted today in an in-depth investigative report by the Atlanta-Journal Constitution about student disciplinary procedures at Georgia colleges: Michael Caplan, [...]

We are pleased to announce that Benjamin W. Cheesbro has joined Caplan Cobb as an associate.  Before joining Caplan Cobb, Ben was a business litigation associate at Troutman Sanders LLP.  Ben [...]

For the third consecutive year, Caplan Cobb partners James Cobb and Mike Caplan have been named as Rising Stars in Business Litigation by Super Lawyers Magazine. This honor is limited to no more [...]

On February 20, 2015, Caplan Cobb partners James Cobb and Mike Caplan will present at the Georgia Bar’s annual seminar on Appellate Practice.  Mr. Caplan will moderate a panel entitled “Amicus [...]

Since opening less than a year ago in February of 2014, Caplan Cobb has built a diverse set of clients, chalked up several notable litigation wins, and assembled a strong and growing team of [...]

Caplan Cobb is pleased to announce that James Cobb and Mike Caplan have been named to Georgia Trend Magazine’s list of the “Legal Elite” in Georgia for 2014.  This is the magazine’s twelfth [...]

On behalf of Leo “Jim” Kight, Jr., a respected public defender in Forsyth, Georgia, Caplan Cobb’s Mike Caplan and Brandon Waddell sued the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council and various [...]

Caplan Cobb partner James W. Cobb has been appointed chair of the Trade Secrets subcommittee of the American Bar Association’s Business Torts & Unfair Competition Committee.  The Business [...]

Representing a nationally known law firm, Caplan Cobb attorneys Mike Caplan and Brandon Waddell conducted a bench trial before DeKalb State Court Judge Stacey K Hydrick in a dispute between two [...]

Along with co-counsel Johnson Marlowe LLP, Caplan Cobb has filed a class action on behalf of a group of retired Athens-Clarke County employees.  The suit alleges that Athens has failed to meet [...]

Caplan Cobb is pleased to announce that Mike Caplan and James Cobb have both been given Martindale-Hubbell’s highest rating of AV Preeminent® for their legal ability and professional ethics. [...]

On August 22, 2014, Caplan Cobb partner James W. Cobb will present at the Georgia Bar’s annual seminar on Contract Litigation.  Mr. Cobb’s presentation topic is Recent Developments in the Law of [...]

In 2009, hundreds of indigent defendants were languishing in prison without a lawyer due to substantial underfunding of Georgia’s indigent defense system.  Along with the Southern Center of Human [...]

Caplan Cobb is pleased to announce the addition of Michelle T. Grant as a senior litigation paralegal.   Michelle brings over 13 years of experience as a litigation paralegal.   She received her [...]

Caplan Cobb is pleased to announce the addition of T. Brandon Waddell as an associate.   Brandon will focus his practice on business disputes, business counseling, constitutional tort litigation, [...]

Caplan and Cobb, both graduates of the University of Georgia, were profiled by the UGA Alumni Association. Read more here.

Caplan Cobb was the subject of a page-one feature story in today’s Fulton County Daily Report, in an article titled “Ex-adversaries Join Forces to Start New Firm.”

Caplan Cobb’s Mike Caplan represents Justin Chapman, who was convicted of felony murder and arson in 2007. After a three-day evidentiary hearing on Mr. Chapman’s habeas petition on December 3-5, [...]

Mike Caplan and James Cobb have again been selected as“Rising Stars in Business Litigation”by Georgia Super Lawyers Magazine.  Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in Georgia are [...]

Within two weeks of the firm’s formation, Caplan Cobb’s lawyers presented evidence at a two-day preliminary injunction hearing before Judge Robert McBurney and won an asset freeze in a major UFTA [...]

We are pleased to officially announce the opening of Caplan Cobb.  Learn more about our business litigation practice here.