Experienced and innovative, all of our attorneys are passionate about their work and dedicated to their clients. Utilizing their experience, Lamar, Archer & Cofrin’s attorneys are able to streamline their representation of clients and deliver the highest quality legal work at costs well below that of larger firms. Always innovative in their approach and analysis, clients can be confident that every possible legal advantage or pitfall will be explored and dealt with to advance their client’s interests.

Principals

ROBERT C. LAMAR

EXPERIENCE

Head of the litigation team at Lamar, Archer & Cofrin, Bob Lamar has experience in virtually all areas of civil litigation. A proven trial lawyer with over 40 years experience, Mr. Lamar has developed special expertise in multi-party, complex litigation, including commercial, products and premises liability, professional malpractice, securities litigation, and class actions, as well as the litigation of complex insurance coverage issues. He has a national practice having litigated cases in over twenty states with more than 40 published appellate opinions, including in the United States Supreme Court where he was lead counsel in Lamar, Archer & Cofrin, LLP v. Appling, 584 U.S. ___, 138 S. Ct. 1752 (2018). Mr. Lamar has successfully defended many multi-million dollar claims and obtained numerous seven and eight figure recoveries on behalf of his clients. Mr. Lamar has served as lead counsel for both plaintiffs and defendants in numerous national class actions, including City of Rome, Ga. vs. Hotels.com, et. al. where he successfully recovered in excess of $30M in hotel taxes on behalf of virtually all of the cities and counties in Georgia against an aray of online travel companies
Prior to founding Lamar, Archer & Cofrin, Mr. Lamar practiced with two of the largest firms in Atlanta and served as Legislative Fellow to former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn in Washington, D.C.

EDUCATION

EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Atlanta, Georgia (J.D.)UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, Lexington, Kentucky (B.A.).EMORY UNIVERSITY, Atlanta, Georgia; Sigma Nu Fraternity.

AFFILIATIONS

Admitted to practice in all Georgia State Courts; United States District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia; U.S. Fifth, Sixth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal and United States Supreme Court. State Bar of Georgia; Atlanta Bar Association; Lawyers Club of Atlanta; Atlanta Claims Association.

DAVID W. DAVENPORT

EXPERIENCE

A member of the litigation team, David Davenport has over 29 years of litigation experience. He has tried numerous various civil litigation cases in the State and Superior Courts of Georgia as well as in United States District Courts. He has argued before the Georgia Court of Appeals and Supreme Court and before the Ninth and Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Davenport has been a speaker on medical malpractice in 1996 through 2005, and on class actions in 2007 and 2008, at Seminars sponsored by the Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, as well as the National Business Institute. He also has served on Ethics Panels from 2003 through 2006.

EDUCATION

EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Atlanta, Georgia (J.D).UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, Norman, Oklahoma (B.A.).

AFFILIATIONS

State Bar of Georgia (Member, General Practice, Trial Sections; and Committee on Professionalism (2000-2001)); Atlanta Bar Association (Litigation Section); Lawyers Club of Atlanta (Chairman, 2001-2002; President, 2000-2001; Member, Executive Committee, 1995-2001). Admitted to practice in all Georgia State Courts; USDC Northern District of Georgia; and U.S. Fifth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal.