Jack Cobb
Partner
Jack focuses his practice on financial services litigation and other complex commercial matters. He is a permanent member of the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference and former board chair of the Urban League of the Central Carolinas.
Key Matters
- Representing a defendant charged in a high-profile political corruption prosecution, United States Lindberg et al., culminating in a three-week jury trial in North Carolina federal court.
- Defending a large financial institution in a complex set of enforcement actions and investigations involving the U.S. Department of Justice, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve Bank, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and other entities.
- Defending large financial institutions in enforcement matters brought by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau concerning credit cards, mortgage origination, and legal order processing.
- Defending a large financial institution in a statewide class action involving second-lien home mortgages.
- Defending large financial institutions in qui tam actions concerning insurance products and home mortgages.
- Defending a leading financial institution against a state attorney general enforcement proceeding directed at debt collection and debt sales practices.
- Representing a leading chemical company in a series of commercial disputes and an arbitration involving a manufacturing facility joint venture.
- Representing a leading financial institution in all phases of multi-district litigation arising from the collapse of an Italian food and dairy conglomerate.
- Handling a range of pro bono matters involving child custody disputes, landlord-tenant cases, and criminal expungements.