Klint A. Cowan
Klint Cowan
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma (OK)
General Litigation
Gaming
Native American Law
Profile
Klint Cowan practices in the Oklahoma City office of Fellers, Snider, Blankenship, Bailey & Tippens, P.C. His practice focuses on litigation including matters related to gaming and federal Indian law. He has negotiated with various federal agencies on behalf of Indian tribes. He holds a J.D. with highest honors from the University of Tulsa and a master of law degree, with a distinction for his dissertation, from Oxford University. As a law student, he served as associate editor of the Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal and executive articles editor for the Energy Law Journal. Since 2006, he has served as a Vice Chair of the ABA Native American Resources Committee.
Selected To
Oklahoma Rising Stars 2011
Oklahoma Rising Stars 2010
About Klint Cowan
Admitted: 2004, Oklahoma
Professional Webpage: www.fellerssnider.com/our_attorneys/klint-cowan
Honors and Awards:
- Bonner Foundation Scholar, Bonner Foundation, 1994
- Nelson Urban Award, Antioch College, 1997
- WestLaw Outstanding Achievement Award, WestLaw, 2004
- Order of the Curule Chair, University of Tulsa College of Law, 2004
- Distinction for BCL Dissertation, Distinction, University of Oxford Faculty of Law, 2005
- Maurice Merrill Golden Quill Award for best Oklahoma Bar Journal article, Oklahoma Bar Association, 2010
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Vice Chair, ABA Section on Environment, Energy, and Resources Law, Native American Law, 2006
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg American Inn of Court, 2007
- Vice Chair, ABA Section on Environment, Energy, and Resources Law, Native American Law, 2007
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg American Inn of Court, 2008
- Vice Chair, ABA Section on Environment, Energy, and Resources Law, Native American Law, 2008
- Vice Chair, ABA Section on Environment, Energy, and Resources Law, Native American Law, 2009
- Vice Chair, ABA Section on Environment, Energy, and Resources Law, Native American Law, 2010
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Volunteer attorney, Oklahoma Lawyers for Children, 2011
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Author, Note, Transmission Agency of N. California v Sierra Pacific Power Co., 24 Energy L.J. 365, Energy, 2003
- Author, International Responsibility for Human Rights Violations by American Indian Tribes, 9 Yale Human Rights & Dev. L.J. 1, Author, Human Rights, 2006
- Speaker, Transacting with Indian Tribal Governments, Oklahoma Bar Association Indian Gaming Seminars in Tulsa and Oklahoma City, Gaming, 2008
- Speaker, Protecting Sacred Sites: Comanche Nation v. United States, University of South Dakota Law Review Symposium, Twentieth Anniversary of Employment Division v. Smith, 2010
- Author, Tribal Sovereignty vs. State Court Jurisdiction: Whatever Happened to Federal Indian Law?, 81 Okla. Bar. J. 351 (Feb. 13, 2010), 2010
- Speaker, Muscogee (Creek) Nation 8th Annual Doing Business in Indian Country Conference, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jurisdiction, 2010
- Rules of Gaming, Journal Record, Oklahoma City, Gaming, 2012
Educational Background:
- Antioch College, BS Environmental Science-Geology, 1998
- University of Tulsa, JD (with highest honors), 2004
- University of Oxford, BCL (with distinction for dissertation), 2005
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