James Carter is an accomplished attorney, educator, statesman, and author. He is the Managing Partner of The Cochran Firm Trials and Mass Torts. Mr. Carter has tried to verdict, settled, and been associated with multiple high-value cases ranging from $1 million to more than $70 million.
His skillfully aggressive approach to the civil jury trial world gained him elite memberships into the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He received a prized certification in Mass Tort Multi-District Litigation from the Bolch Judicial Institute at Duke University School of Law. He is a Civil Trial Litigation Adjunct Professor at Howard University School of Law and sits on its Board of Visitors. He also served as an Adjunct Trial Advocacy Professor at the Tulane University School of Law.
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James is married to Rene Carter who was recognized in 2016 by the Louisiana Department of Education as the Middle School Principal of the Year. They have one child, Brice Carter.
