Laurence A. Cobb

Larry Cobb practices primarily in the area of utility regulatory law.

While serving in the N.C. House of Representatives and in the N.C. Senate, he was elected as Minority Leader of both bodies.  From 1989 until 1997 Mr. Cobb was a member of the N.C. Utilities Commission.

Mr. Cobb worked a legal research assistant at the Institute of Government at Chapel Hill before receiving a direct commission into the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General Corps. He retired as a colonel after three years active duty and twenty-seven years in the Reserve. Mr. Cobb was in private practice in Charlotte from 1962 to 1989 with Fairley, Hamrick, Monteith & Cobb and its successor firms.

• N.C. House of Representatives (1971-1976)
• N.C. Senate (1985-1989)
• Advisory Budget Commission
• Court Commission
• Past Chair - Governor's Highway Safety Commission
• Past Chair - Governor's Crime Commission
• University of North Carolina Board of Governors (1977-1985)

• "Nexsen Pruet signs lease with Highwoods, looks to hire"
  The Triangle Business Journal reports on Nexsen Pruet's upcoming move in Raleigh.
• Larry Cobb Recognized as 50 Year Lawyer
  

  Nexsen Pruet attorney Larry Cobb is recognized by the Wake County Bar Association.

• "Altman Weil: Law firm mergers jump 33%"
  The Triangle Business Journal reports that the "marriage of Cary’s Sanford Holshouser and Columbia, S.C.-based Nexsen Pruet" is one of many deals that has led to a significant jump in law firm mergers during the first quarter of 2009.
• "Tar Heel law firm joining S.C. firm"
  The January 5th, 2009 edition of the Raleigh News and Observer reports on Nexsen Pruet's new North Carolina office in an article called "Tar Heel law firm joining S.C. firm."
• Nexsen Pruet Opens Raleigh Office; Ernie Pearson & Former Governor Holshouser Join Firm
  Nexsen Pruet today announced the opening of a Raleigh office that will include Ernie Pearson, former Assistant Secretary of Economic Development for the North Carolina Department of Commerce, and former Governor Jim Holshouser.