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Gary Cowan

Gary Cowan

Partner at Elk & Elk Co Ltd
Mayfield Heights, OHAdmitted 1988
Car AccidentsMotorcycle AccidentsProduct LiabilityTruck AccidentsWrongful Death

About Gary Cowan

Gary Cowan has been a personal injury trial attorney at Elk & Elk since 2001, focusing on serious personal injury, motor vehicle and trucking accidents, wrongful death, and products liability. With over 30 years of experience, he has served as lead trial counsel in more than 100 jury trials throughout Ohio. Gary's background in science helps him explain injuries and losses clearly to insurance carriers and juries. He is recognized by Super Lawyers, the Million Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forums, the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 in Ohio, and Best Lawyers in America from 2021 through 2026.

Notable case results

$2.8 millionVerdict

Jury verdict, motor vehicle accident with brain trauma requiring 10 operations

$2,761,228Verdict

Jury verdict, motorcycle death caused by defective rear axle sold by auto parts store, husband killed and wife severely injured

$2.1 millionSettlement

Motorcyclist hit by semi-truck on turnpike, traumatic brain injury and back fractures

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Car Accidents
Motorcycle Accidents
Product Liability
Truck Accidents
Wrongful Death

Education

Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland, Ohio
J.D., 1987
University of Ottawa
Undergraduate, 1981

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Ohio, admitted 1988
State Bar of District of Columbia, admitted 1990

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