GILL COCHRAN
 “After graduating from Yale, I served as a rifle
platoon leader in Vietnam. It was then I decided
law was far more interesting than combat. I began
my legal career in 1970 and cut my teeth on criminal law
while serving as a Public Defender for seven years.
I founded my private practice on the ideal to serve each
individual client’s needs to the best of my abilities. At
our initial meeting, I will determine the factual situation
of their circumstances and then address their concerns. Those
fears may be going to jail, going through a trial,
the loss of their driving privileges, their embarrassment
at being arrested, or a hundred other concerns. My
role is to address those concerns and fears, and make a
game plan accordingly. This is simply what lawyering
is all about and what I have been doing for the last 39
years and I welcome the opportunity to talk to you.”
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Practice Areas:
DWI/DUI,
Criminal Law, Traffic Law, Forfeiture Law, Personal Injury,
Civil Litigation
Admitted:
1970 Maryland Bar
1970 U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland -
4th Circuit
1970 U.S. Court of Appeals
Education:
1970 University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore,
MD
Juris Doctorate - With Honors
1964 Yale University, BA
Memberships & Affiliations:
Maryland State Bar Association
Anne Arundel County Bar Association
Maryland Trial Lawyers Association
Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys Association
National Criminal Defense Attorneys Association
American Civil Liberties Union
Representative Cases:
U.S. v. Mikalajunas,
936 F.2d 153 (4th Cir. 1991): (Federal
Sentencing Guidelines; establishing
that points should not be added for “restraint” in
a murder case)
Michaels v. Nemethvargo,
82 Md. App. 294 (1990): (Establishing
right of parents to obtain damages
and attorneys fees from person who employs their minor
child for criminal acts)
Brosan v. Cochran, 307
Md. 662 (1986): (Establishing First
and Fourteenth Amendment right of
attorney to administer breath test prior to police administered
breath test)
Ford v. Ford, 307 Md.
105 (1986): (Establishing right
of insane slayer to inherit victim’s property)
Pollard v. State, 339
Md. 233 (1995): (Establishing a
Circuit Court has discretion to reinstate a defendant’s
criminal de novo appeal which had been dismissed because
the defendant failed
to appear)
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