Bobby Lee Cook is a well-known defense attorney from Summerville, Georgia

Summerville, Georgia

Summerville is a city in Chattooga County, Georgia, United States. The population was 4,556 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Chattooga County.- Geography :Summerville is located at ....

, in Chattooga County, Georgia

Chattooga County, Georgia

Chattooga County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. It was created on December 28, 1838. As of 2000, the population was 25,470. The 2007 Census Estimate shows a population of 26,797. The county seat is Summerville.-Geography:...

, who is felt to have been the basis for the television show Matlock (TV series)

Matlock (TV series)

Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of attorney Ben Matlock. The show originally aired from September 23, 1986 to May 8, 1992 on NBC, where it replaced The A-Team, then from November 5, 1992 until May 7, 1995 on ABC.The show's format was similar...

 starring Andy Griffith about a southern attorney.

Early Life and Education

Cook was born in 1927 in Lyerly, Ga. He attended Vanderbilty University Law School in Nashville, TN. He practices law in Summerville, GA, with the Cook & Connelly law firm.

Significant Cases

• 1986—Defended Tennessee banker C.H. Butcher Jr., who faced 25 counts of fraud. Butcher was acquitted on all counts.

• 1988—Represented former Auburn University All-American football star Bobby Hoppe, who was charged with murder in a 1957 shooting. Jurors deadlocked 10-2 for acquittal. The case was never retried.

• Represented Wayne Williams
  Wayne Williams
  Wayne Bertram Williams is an American serial killer who committed most of the Atlanta Child Murders that occurred in 1979 through 1981. In January 1982, Williams was found guilty of the murder of two adult men...
  
  , who appealed his 1982 conviction for the murder of two black youths in what was known as the Atlanta Child Murders
  Atlanta child murders
  The Atlanta Child Murders, known locally as the "missing and murdered children case", were a series of murders committed in Atlanta, Georgia, United States from the summer of 1979 until the spring of 1981. Over the two-year period, a minimum of twenty-eight African-American children, adolescents...
  
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