James T. Cowdery

Commercial, Mediation
750 Main Street
Hartford, Connecticut 061032703


Commercial

Admitted

1980, Connecticut; 1982, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School

University of Connecticut, J.D., magna cum laude, 1980

Law School Graduation Year

1980

College

Trinity College, B.A., 1976

Memberships

Hartford County, Connecticut (Member, Sections on: Federal Practice; Criminal Justice and Civil Justice) and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Criminal Justice) Bar Associations.

Biographical

Phi Beta Kappa. Recipient: William F. Starr Prize Fellowship for Scholarship and Leadership, 1980; Younger Federal Lawyers Award for Outstanding Government Service, 1989. Member, 1978-1979 and Editor-in-Chief, 1979-1980, Connecticut Law Review. Law Clerk to the Hon. Thomas J. Meskill, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1980-1981. Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1984-1989 and Chief, Criminal Division, 1988-1989, District of Connecticut. Member: Ad Hoc Committee for the Review of the Criminal Justice Act Panel in the District of Connecticut, 1989—; Judicial Review Council, 1992-1996; Committee for Selection of Magistrate for the District of Connecticut, 1996. Chairman, Committee on Criminal Rules and Practice for the District of Connecticut, 1994.

Military