Jack Cobb is the managing partner for the firm's Charlotte office, whose practice focuses on litigation in financial services and other complex commercial matters. He represents banks and companies in securities lawsuits, internal investigations, shareholder and corporate governance actions, and contract disputes. Mr. Cobb also represents clients in connection with government investigations.

Experience

• 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.

Honors & Awards

Jack is recognized annually in The Best Lawyers in America® in the fields of commercial litigation, banking and finance litigation, bet-the-company litigation, mortgage banking foreclosure law, and qui tam law. He was recognized in the 2020 and 2022 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® as the Charlotte “Lawyer of the Year” in Banking and Finance Litigation. He was ranked in Chambers USA 2014–2015 and 2019, for general commercial litigation, and named to the “North Carolina Super Lawyers” in the Business Litigation category annually since 2006. Jack is also AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

Activities

Jack is a permanent member of the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference. He is a former board member and member of the executive committee for the Mecklenburg Bar Foundation, and has served in past years as the chairman of the Bar Leadership Institute Committee for the Mecklenburg County Bar. Jack serves on the Building Committee for the Urban League of the Central Carolinas and is the Urban League’s former board chair.

Credentials

Jack received a J.D. in 1989 from the University of Virginia Law School, where he was an editor for the Virginia Law Review. He received a B.A., magna cum laude, from Davidson College in 1985, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Publications & Speaking Engagements

• Presenter, “Indemnification and Advancement of Fees in White Collar Matters,” 2009 White Collar Crime Spring Program, North Carolina Bar Association, May 2009
• Panelist, “Privilege Waivers and Joint Defense Agreements,” 2009 White Collar Crime Spring Program, North Carolina Bar Association, May 2009

Jack Cobb focuses on litigation in financial services and other complex commercial matters. He represents banks and companies in securities lawsuits, internal investigations, shareholder and corporate governance actions, and contract disputes. He also represents clients in connection with government investigations. Before joining Winston & Strawn, Mr. Cobb served as Senior Counsel to the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee from 2005-2006. From 1997 to 1999, he was Senior Counsel to the U.S. Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, where he also served as Staff Director for the 1997 Campaign Finance Investigation. Mr. Cobb was recently recognized by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® 2014 for his commercial litigation and banking & finance practices and was ranked in Chambers USA 2014 for Litigation: General Commercial.

Experience

• 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.

Honors & Awards

Jack is recognized annually in The Best Lawyers in America® in the fields of commercial litigation, banking and finance litigation, bet-the-company litigation, mortgage banking foreclosure law, and qui tam law. He was recognized in the 2020 and 2022 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® as the Charlotte “Lawyer of the Year” in Banking and Finance Litigation. He was ranked in Chambers USA 2014–2015 and 2019, for general commercial litigation, and named to the “North Carolina Super Lawyers” in the Business Litigation category annually since 2006. Jack is also AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

Activities

Jack is a permanent member of the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference. He is a former board member and member of the executive committee for the Mecklenburg Bar Foundation, and has served in past years as the chairman of the Bar Leadership Institute Committee for the Mecklenburg County Bar. Jack serves on the Building Committee for the Urban League of the Central Carolinas and is the Urban League’s former board chair.

Credentials

Jack received a J.D. in 1989 from the University of Virginia Law School, where he was an editor for the Virginia Law Review. He received a B.A., magna cum laude, from Davidson College in 1985, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Publications & Speaking Engagements

• Presenter, “Indemnification and Advancement of Fees in White Collar Matters,” 2009 White Collar Crime Spring Program, North Carolina Bar Association, May 2009
• Panelist, “Privilege Waivers and Joint Defense Agreements,” 2009 White Collar Crime Spring Program, North Carolina Bar Association, May 2009