Education & Honors

University of Chicago Law School, 2006, J.D., with High Honors

Editor-in-Chief, The University of Chicago Law Review

Order of the Coif

John M. Olin Student Fellow in Law and Economics, 2004-2005

Harvard University, 2003, A.B., magna cum laude

Government service

Judicial Law Clerk, Honorable Anthony M. Kennedy, Supreme Court of the United States, 2007-2008

Judicial Law Clerk, Honorable Douglas H. Ginsburg, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 2006-2007

Bar admissions

New York

Illinois

Stephen J. Cowen

Chicago Office
Courthouse Place
54 West Hubbard Street, Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60654
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Professional Practice

Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP, 2008-Present, Partner (since 2012)

Representative cases

Errico v. Stryker Corporation (S.D.N.Y.)
Representing Stryker Corp. in breach of contract action regarding Stryker’s acquisition of medical device company.  Case pending.

Vioxx® Third-Party Payor Litigation (Superior Court, Atlantic County, New Jersey)
Represented Merck in lawsuits brought by individual third-party payors who allege economic losses relating to purchase of Vioxx®.

In re: Genetically Modified Rice Litigation (U.S. District Court, E. District of Missouri)
Representing Bayer CropScience LP in multi-district litigation concerning alleged presence of genetically engineered rice in commercial rice shipments.  Class and individual actions pending in six states.

Schindler Elevator Corp. et. al. v. Otis Elevator Co. (S.D.N.Y)
Representing Otis Elevator in patent infringement litigation concerning elevator technology.

Amaranth LLC v. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (New York Supreme Court, N.Y. County)
Representing hedge fund and trading advisor in their action for breach of contract and tortious interference with prospective economic advantage against investment bank, commercial bank, and futures commission merchant.  Claimed damages exceed $1 billion.  Case pending.

Acknowledgements, presentations, and publications

Appellate Review of SLUSA Remands after CAFA, 73 U. Chi. L. Rev. 321 (2006)