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John Cowart

John Cowart

Partner at Shaw Cowart
Austin, TXAdmitted 1989
Car AccidentsProduct LiabilityTruck AccidentsSlip & FallMedical MalpracticeWrongful Death

About John Cowart

John P. Cowart is a founding partner at Shaw Cowart Attorneys at Law LLP with over 30 years of trial experience across all types of personal injury cases. He is licensed in all Texas state and federal courts and is AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Before co-founding the firm, he worked at Swearingen, Clark & Moore and Wells, Peyton Greenberg & Hunt, then formed Cowart & Neichoy, L.L.P. His career has included significant verdicts and settlements in employment cases, insurance bad faith litigation, automobile and trucking accidents, and a multimillion-dollar federal qui tam matter. He has handled products liability cases involving ASR and Pinnacle hip implants, Bombardier Jet Skis, lawnmowers, and the BP oil and gas explosion, and has represented victims in pedestrian accidents and rideshare accidents. He provides individual attention to each client and is personally invested in every matter he handles.

Notable case results

Participated in trial team that obtained significant verdicts in employment, insurance bad faith, and trucking accident cases

Successfully handled products liability cases involving ASR and Pinnacle hip implants

Discovery and trial phases of a multimillion-dollar federal qui tam case

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

Practice areas

Car Accidents
Product Liability
Truck Accidents
Slip & Fall
Medical Malpractice
Wrongful Death

Education

University of Texas School of Law
J.D., 1989
Lamar University
Undergraduate, 1986

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Texas, admitted 1989

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