Executive Committee
- Gloria Allred
- Sam Bernstein
- Roy Black
- Benjamin Brafman
- Joseph Bruno
- Michael Burg
- Fernando Chavez
- Sam Cherry
- Ernest Cory
- Grant Davis
- Morris Dees
- Tom Demetrio
- Tim Dollar
- William Edwards
- Robert Eglet
- Geoffrey Fieger
- George Fleming
- Mark Geragos
- Tom Girardi
- Keith Givens
- Maurice Graham
- Edward Hershewe
- Ed Hill
- Len Jacoby
- Lynn Johnson
- Gail Koff
- Mark Kosieradzki
- Mark Lanier
- Fred Levin
- Ramon Lopez
- Tom Mesereau
- Robert Michael
- Sheldon Miller
- Billy Murphy
- Howard Nations
- Richard Newsome
- Brian Panish
- Jerry Parker
- Jim Parkman
- Darryl Phillips
- Dan Ramsdell
- Gary Robb
- Mark Robinson
- James Rolshouse
- John Romano
- James Roy
- Sheldon J. Schlesinger
- Derek Sells
- Hezekiah Sistrunk
- Jock Smith
- Stephen Smith
- Kent Spence
- Harvey Weitz
MICHAEL R. COWEN
Michael R. Cowen works tirelessly to hold reckless trucking companies responsible for the devastation they wreak in the lives of innocent motorists. His firm, The Cowen Law Group, is dedicated to thoroughly investigating truck crashes to determine whether they were just accidents, or the result of corporations breaking the rules. Michael's commitment to legal excellence began in law school, where he graduated with high honors from the University of Texas School of Law. He distinguished himself right out of the chute when he earned the high score on the February 1996 Texas bar exam. After working at the nation's oldest law firm in New York City, Michael returned home to Brownsville, Texas in 1997, and has focused his practice on giving individual human beings the same level of legal representation that he gave to some of the nation's largest companies while in New York. Michael has spoken at many continuing legal education seminars, including the State Bar of Texas' trucking seminar as well as seminars put on by the American Association for Justice, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Attorneys Information Exchange Group, Hidalgo County Bar Association, and the Cameron County Trial Lawyers Association. Michael is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He is AV rated by Martindale-Hubble, and was named a Rising Star by Texas Super Lawyers in 2007 and 2008.
Organizations:
Texas Trial Lawyers Association – Sustaining Member – Serve on Membership Committee
Cameron County Trial Lawyers Association – President
Association of Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America – on Texas State Advisory Board
American Association for Justice – Sustaining Member
Interstate Trucking Litigation Group
Attorneys' Information Exchange Group
Credentials:
University of Texas School of Law, J.D., high honors, 1995
While at UT, inducted into the Chancellors (highest honor society) and Order of the Coif
High score, February 1996 Texas Bar Exam
Licensed in Texas and New York
Law Clerk to the Honorable Reynaldo G. Garza, Senior Circuit Judge, United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Board Certified – Personal Injury Trial Law – Texas Board of Legal Specialization
AV Rated by Martindale Hubbell
Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyers College – 1998
Also served on faculty at the Trial Lawyers College
Trial Advocacy College of Texas – 1998
Spanish speaking
Publication:
Michael Cowen, Jury Selection in Connective Tissue Injury Cases, TRIAL, February 2003
CLE Presentations Discovery in Trucking and Car Wreck Cases, State Bar of Texas, Prosecuting or Defending a Trucking or Auto Accident Case, April 2004 and again in November 2005 Products Liability Update, State Bar of Texas Soaking Up Some CLE 2008, May 2008 ESC – Is this a Viable New Negligence Theory, Texas Trial Lawyers
Association, Car Wrecks Seminar, November 2006
The Organized Law Office – How to Handle a Car Wreck Case from Beginning to End, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, May 2003 Voir Dire in Connective Tissue Cases, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Annual Convention, July 2002 Pretrial Motions, Hidalgo County Bar Association
Opening Statement, Hidalgo County Bar Association, Car Wrecks Seminar, 2003 Ethics for Trial Lawyers, Cameron County Trial Lawyers
Mr. Cowen's expertise is backed up with proven results. As a board certified attorney, he has built his experience case by case, having won or settled a substantial list of claims such as those listed below:
The American Trial Lawyers Association
