Cobra’s Founders and Investors
not only provide unprecedented leadership and depth
of experience to legal process outsourcing but also
are closely involved with the oversight, management
and growth of Cobra. The Founders and Investors
include:
 John
L. Douglas is the global head of the bank regulatory
practice for Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP,
and practices from the Washington, DC and Atlanta, GA
offices. His practice spans complex transactions, difficult
regulatory situations and complex litigation. He served
as General Counsel of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation from 1987 until 1989, a period of unprecedented
stress on the financial system. He is a member of the
Board of Directors of the Financial Services Volunteer
Corps, a non-profit organization formed to assist former
state-controlled economies develop banking and capital
market systems. He has served on the Executive Committee
of the Banking Law Section of the Federal Bar Association,
and is a member of the Financial Markets Tribunal of
the Dubai International Financial Center. He was recently
named to the BTI consulting group’s “Client
All-Star Team”, a group of 113 attorneys nationwide
identified as delivering the best client service to
Fortune 1000 clients. He received his undergraduate
degree in Economics from Davidson College and his JD
degree from the University of Georgia. John resides
in Norcross, GA.
F. Dean Copeland
retired from Unum Group, the largest disability insurance
company in the U.S. in 2005 after eight years. He was
Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel
and Chief Administrative Officer and served as Executive
Vice President and General Counsel at Provident Companies,
Inc. for two years before its merger with Unum Corporation.
He was responsible for the following functions: law,
human resources, corporate audit, facilities management,
government relations, compliance, ethics and privacy.
For 30 years prior to leaving private law firm practice,
he was an associate and then partner at Alston &
Bird LLP in Atlanta, GA and Washington, DC, practicing
in the securities, corporate, mergers and acquisitions
and financial institutions areas, and specializing in
corporate governance and advising boards of directors.
He served as Chair of the Corporate and Banking Section
of the State Bar of Georgia and is a member of the American
Law Institute. Prior to private practice, he served
in the U.S. Army as Adjutant of The Judge Advocate General’s
School, Charlottesville, VA. He is a graduate of Yale
Law School, University of Oxford, Oxford, England and
University of Mississippi. Dean’s permanent residence
is in Atlanta, GA, and he also spends time in Alexandria,
VA.
 Keith
O. Cowan is the President of Strategic Planning
and Corporate Initiatives of Sprint Nextel Corporation,
a position he has held since July 2007. He previously
was Executive Vice President of Genuine Parts Company
from January to July 2007, prior to which he spent over
ten years with BellSouth Corporation in various roles
including Chief Planning and Development Officer, President
- Marketing and Product Management and Chief Field
Operations Officer. Prior to joining BellSouth,
he was a partner at Alston & Bird LLP, where he
worked from 1982 to 1996. He received his undergraduate
degree in Economics and Political Science from University
of North Carolina and his JD degree from the University
of Virginia School of Law. Keith resides in Atlanta,
GA and Reston, VA.
 Dow
N. “Kip” Kirkpatrick II retired
from Alston & Bird’s Litigation and Trial
Practice Group in December 2006. He has over 35 years
of jury trial experience as lead trial counsel in state
and federal courts throughout the U.S. He has extensive
experience with the litigation of complex product liability
and environmental cases, including a wide range of pharmaceutical
and chemical product cases. He has also defended catastrophic
personal injury cases and has experience in a wide variety
of commercial disputes. He has been recognized in “The
Best Lawyers in America” and as a “Georgia
Super Lawyer”. He is a member of the State
Bar of Georgia and has served on its Board of Governors.
He has also been active during his legal career in the
International Association of Defense Counsel, Defense
Research Institute, the American Bar Association, the
Atlanta Bar Association, the Lawyers Club of Atlanta
and the Old War Horse Lawyers Club. He received his
BA from Emory University and his JD degree from the
University of Georgia School of Law. Prior to joining
Alston & Bird LLP in 1972, he served as Law Clerk
to the Honorable Newell Edenfield, United States District
Judge for the Northern District of Georgia. Kip resides
in Atlanta, GA.
A. Angela Lancaster
– Please see the Management
Team Page.
 Cantwell
F. (“Chuck”) Muckenfuss III is
a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Washington,
DC where he focuses on the representation of financial
institutions in complex matters. Before joining the
firm in 1981, Mr. Muckenfuss was Senior Deputy Comptroller
for policy at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
and Special Assistant to the Director and Counsel to
the Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. He
is a founder, member and past Vice Chairman of the Board
of Directors of City First Bank of DC, a community development
bank in Washington, DC. He is also a Clinical Visiting
Lecturer at Yale Law School and Chairman of the Board
of City First Enterprises, Inc., the non-profit controlling
shareholder of City First Bank. He received his BA from
Vanderbilt University and his JD degree from Yale Law
School. Chuck resides in Chevy Chase, MD with his wife
Angela Lancaster.
 Mark
N. Templeton worked as
an Engagement Manager for the New York, SanFrancisco,
and Washington, DC offices of McKinsey & Company;
as Special Assistant and Senior Advisor to the Assistant
Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights,
and Labor in the U.S. Department of State; and a
Financial Analyst at Goldman, Sachs & Co., among
other positions. He is a graduate of Harvard College
and Yale Law School and is a member of the California
bar.
 Kumaran
Systems Pvt., Ltd. represented by Mohan
Subramanyam, President and co-founder of Kumaran
Systems, is a software company located at Tidel Park,
Block A, Chennai, India. Kumaran Systems is a trusted
partner who provides in-kind support to facilitate Cobra
India's operations. As technology partner and adviser,
Kumaran Systems provides secure space at their facility
in Tidel Park, IT and telecommunications support, administrative
and related service, guidance and advice regarding operating
in India.
 Charles C. (“Buddy”)
Miller III (Board
Member, Investor) is Executive Vice President and former
Vice Chairman of the Board of Level 3 Communications.
Prior to joining Level 3, he worked at BellSouth where
his most recent was position was President of BellSouth
International. Prior to joining BellSouth, he practiced
law at King & Spalding LLP.
 Terry
O. Tottenham (Board Member,
Investor) is Partner-in-Charge of the Austin,
TX office of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P where
he heads up the firm-wide pharmaceutical and medical
device litigation practice group. A partner at
Fulbright since 1978, he regularly gives speeches to
lawyers, physicians and other health care providers across
the United States. He received his B.S. from the
University of Texas and his JD from the University
of Texas School of Law.
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