California Lawyer, California Attorney, Santa Rosa, Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Personal Injury

Charles D. Cochran

Member Email: Charlie@HintonCochran.com

Charlie Cochran is a Civil Law Specialist designated by the National Board of Trial Advocacy since 1995. An experienced Trial Attorney, he has tried over sixty jury trials, sat as an Arbitrator or Mediator on over 300 cases and has been named a 2007 Super Lawyer by San Francisco Magazine for the second year.

Charles D. Cochran, admitted to bar, 1981, California. Education: Santa Rosa

Education:
• Junior College (A.A., 1975); Fresno State University (B.A., 1977);
• University of San Diego and Oxford University, Oxford, England; Western
• State University (J.D. 1980). Delta Theta Phi, Legal Fraternity.

M.C.L.E. Legal Ethics Instructor, Empire College of Law, since 1991;
Rohnert Park Planning Commission,1983 1986;
Rohnert Park City Council, 1986 1990;
Rohnert Park Mayor,1988 1989.

Member:
• Sonoma County Bar Association;
• The Association of Trial Lawyers of America;
• Northern California Association of Insurance Defense Counsel;
• Northern California Fraud Investigators Association;
• Judge Pro Tem, Sonoma County Superior and Municipal Courts;
• Sonoma County Panel of Arbitrators;
• American Arbitration Association Panel of Arbitrators.

Concentration:
• Insurance Defense Litigation;
• Public Entity Law;
• Real Estate Litigation;
• Plaintiff Personal Injury;
• General Civil Litigation.

Former House Counsel for Allstate Insurance and Industrial Indemnity Insurance.

John E. Borba

Member Email: John@HintonCochran.com

John Borba is Past Chair of the Rohnert Park Chamber of Commerce, Past President of the Rohnert Park Active 20/30 Club and currently serves on the Sonoma County Bar Association Board of Directors.

John E. Borba, admitted to bar, 1993, California.

Education:
• Santa Rosa Junior College (A.A., 1982);
• San Francisco State University (B.A., 1985);
• Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 1993).

Member:
• Northern California Fraud Investigators Association; Board of Trustees,
• Sonoma Marin Mosquito and Vector Control District, 1997 2000;
• Board of Directors, Education Foundation of Cotati/Rohnert Park, 1997 1999;
• Sonoma County Bar Association; Sonoma County Barristers;
• Sonoma County Panel of Arbitrators;
• Association of Insurance Defense Counsel of Northern California.

Concentration:
• Insurance Defense Litigation,
• Plaintiff Personal Injury,
• General Civil Litigation.

James B. Hinton

James B. Hinton retired in 1997 and has since served as Chairman of the Board for the Luther Burbank Home and Gardens, President of the Kirkwood Homeowners Association and remains active as a Past President of the Santa Rosa Rotary Club, West.