Honors and Awards:

• Multi-Million Dollar Advocates
• Million Dollar Advocates
• The National Trial Lawyers , Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Ohio, 2012

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Member, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers
• Member, D.C. Bar Association
• Member, Ohio State Bar Association
• District of Columbia, 1988
• Federal Courts, 1988
• Ohio Supreme Court, Bar No: 0039852, 1988

Verdicts and Settlements:

• $450K Auto Accident Settlement -
• $160K – Collision resulting in broken front tooth, bruised chest, pain and swelling in knee, 8 staples in head, headaches
• $100K – Slip-and-fall resulting in herniated disc, hip fracture
• $100K – Collision causing fractured vertebrae, facial abrasion and loss of feeling in both arms
• $115K – Collision resulting in road rash, sprained wrist, cracked tooth and concussion
• $100K – Torn ligaments, dislocated wrist bone, upper back and shoulder pain resulting from collision
• $130K – Collision causing fractured ankle, concussion, shoulder problems and injured finger
• $380K – Collision causing ruptured sinus cavity, fractured cheek bone, multiple contusions and abrasions
• $1.1M – Wrongful death resulting from collision
• $275K – Collision resulting in neck and back pain
• $130K - Personal injury causing fractured arm, fractured ring finger, fractured leg, forehead, left eye and nose
• $150K - Fractured hip and pelvis, punctured lung, left leg and left side of body punctures due to collision
• $100K - Head-on collision causing lower back pain extending into both legs
• $120K - Collision resulting in multiple leg fracture and staples in head
• $125K - Fractured wrist and femur, fractured back and punctured colon, lung and knee resulting from collision
• $250K - Wrongful death collision
• $100K - Rear-end collision causing neck and upper-to-middle back injuries
• $100K - Shattered ankle caused by collision
• $117.5K - Collision resulting in neck, shoulder and head pain
• $500K – Wrongful death collision
• $100K - Second- and third-degree burns to both legs and feet and from the waist down to the buttocks resulting from collision
• $100K - Collision resulting in abdominal bruises, concussion, lower back pain and numbing in both legs
• $250K - Fractured femur requiring two surgeries, fractured hand and lacerated ankle from collision
• $210K - Collision resulting in two chipped teeth, a lacerated lip, a lacerated arm, punctured lung, bruised ribs and broken leg
• $100K – Head laceration, broken teeth, a fractured shoulder, fractured legs, fractured vertebra, lacerations to an arm, hand and approximately 200 stitches resulting from collision
• $100K - Fractured skull, hemorrhaging, brain swelling, a fractured cheek bone, contusions, a cervical sprain and suffers dizzy spells from a collision
• $101K+ - Collision resulting in hematoma (head pain), contusion to the eyes, knee pain, and contusions to the lower legs and left arm
• $100K+ - Fractured right humerus necessitating skin grafts following collision
• Motorist Negligence Case Settles For $99,550.82
• Nerve Damage in Rear End Collision Case Settles For $60,249.00
• Fractured Arm from Clients’ Car Being Struck and Pushed into Her Case Settles for $55K
• Motorcycle/Canine Collision Case Settles For $80K
• Torn Tendons Head On Collision Case Settles For $90K
• Second And Third Degree Burns In Torch Explosion Case Settles For $85K
• $450K - Collision causing orbital (eye socket) fracture, fractured mandible, subdural hemorrhage, fractured face and skull, traumatic brain injury and a collapsed lung
• $1.025 MILLION Settlement in fatal motorcycle accident v.trailer, 2009
•   $600,000  Auto Accident, Allen County  Failure to Yield    Fractured acetabulum,fractured pelvis ,fractured patella,collapsed lung, 2010
• $2.8 MILLION  Auto Accident, Left of center, Franklin County,multiple pelvic fractures,ruptured spleen,mild traumatic brain injury,fractured humerus,tibial plateau and right heel,multiple facial fractures,10 opearions including hip relacement, 2011
• $2.1 MILLION  Motorcycle/truck  collision , Indiana, Traumatic Brain Injury ,lumbar fractures, 2011
• $250,000   Auto Accident, Failure to yield. Columbus, Fractured c5-c6 requiring cervical  fusion surgery, 2012
• $1.5 MILLION   Pedestrian /Auto Accident , Findlay, multiple pelvic fractures,fractured knee and dislocation requiring 4 operations including 2 knee replacements., 2012
• $240,000  Auto Accident Failure to Yield, Toledo, Fractured ribs and sternum,torn meniscus requiring arthroscopic surgery, 2012

Representative Clients:

• Gary Cowan has successfully been involved in high profile medical malpractice cases that have been televised and reported on Court TV and A Current Affair, as well as cases covered by local television stations and newspapers. His practice and emphasis is on serious personal injury claims, motor vehicle accidents, wrongful death and medical malpractice law.
• Personal injury and medical malpractice litigation since 1988, and has been lead trial counsel in over 80 jury trials throughout the State of Ohio

Educational Background:

• University of Ottawa, B.S. With Honors, 1981
• University of Ottawa, Masters Degree in Health Administration, 1983