Brandon Cogburn, Esq.
Brandon Cogburn, prior to joining the firm, worked in various levels of both state and federal government. Brandon was on the Washington D.C. staff of U.S. Senator Blanche L. Lincoln and worked in the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office of Benton County, Arkansas. Brandon has been named a “Rising Star” by Texas Monthly in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. Brandon’s practice includes defense of municipalities, toxic tort and environmental litigation, and defense of tort and contract claims.
Brandon C. Cogburn
- Practice Areas
- Toxic Tort and Environmental Litigation;
- Employment Law; Product Liability,
- Personal Injury, and General Negligence
- Defense of Municipalities;
- Premises Defense; Contract Litigation;
- Peer Review Rating
- BV® – Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings
- Education
- Legal – University of Arkansas School of Law (JD, 2002)
Preparatory – University of Arkansas, Sam Walton College of Business(BSPA, 1999)
Secondary – Dierks High School, Dierks Arkansas (Valedictorian, 1995) - Bar Admissions
- Texas
- Arkansas
- U.S. Courts of Appeals (Fifth Circuit)
- U.S. District Courts (E.D. Tex.; E.D. Ark.; W.D. Ark.)
- Honors
- “Texas Super Lawyers – Rising Star” (Texas Monthly – 2007)
- “Texas Super Lawyers – Rising Star” (Texas Monthly – 2008)
- “Texas Super Lawyers – Rising Star” (Texas Monthly – 2009)
- “Texas Super Lawyers – Rising Star” (Texas Monthly – 2010)
- “Texas Super Lawyers – Rising Star” (Texas Monthly – 2011)
- Memberships
- State Bar of Texas
- American, Arkansas, and Texarkana Bar Associations
- Texarkana Young Lawyers Association
- Texas Young Lawyers Association
- Texas Association of Defense Counsel
- Defense Research Institute
- Speaking Engagements
- D-Day: The Dreaded Deposition
- Tri-State Chapter of Society of Human Resources,
- Employment Law Seminar, October 2007, Texarkana, Texas
- Civic Memberships
- Leadership Texarkana (2005-2006)
- Harvest Texarkana Regional Food Bank Board of Directors (2008 – 2009)
- Harvest Texarkana Regional Food Bank President (2010 and 2011)
- Other Employment
- Law Clerk: Benton County Attorney and
- Benton County Prosecuting Attorney
- Bentonville, AR (2000-2002)
- Intern: United States Senator Blanche L. Lincoln,
- Washington, D.C. (1999)
Practicing: Municipalities Defense, Toxic Tort and Environmental Litigation, Defense of Tort and Contract Claims
