Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1993, Jordan W. Cowman focuses his practice on international labor and employment law, providing counseling on employment litigation, global employee data privacy and protection, cross-border matters and corporate compliance.
Mr. Cowman received his B.A. in 1985 and his J.D. in 1988 from the University of Texas at Austin. Following law school, he was a law clerk for the Honorable Joe J. Fisher, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, from 1989 to 1990. He is a member of the State Bars of New York, Washington, D.C., and Texas. Mr. Cowman is a member of the American Bar Association, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of International Trade; the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Western, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas; the U.S. District Courts of the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas; as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
Mr. Cowman is a director of the Texas Business Hall of Fame, the Dallas Assembly, the Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations, and a member of the U.S. Council for International Business’ International Labor and Employment Law Committee. He was an employer advisor to the United Nations’ International Labor Organization in 2002, 2003 and 2004. He is past chairman of the Texas Lyceum Association.
Mr. Cowman was named in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008 surveys of his peers as a Texas "Super Lawyer”; in D Magazine as one of the “Best Lawyers Under 40” (May 2002); and in Texas Lawyer as one of the “Top 40 Lawyers Under 40” (September 2001).