Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, PC

Litigation

Counsel.  Chris is a senior member of the firm's litigation group. His practice consists of facilitating the resolution of commercial and intellectual property disputes through negotiation, alternative dispute resolution procedures and, where necessary, through the trial of actions before federal and state courts and arbitration tribunals throughout the United States.

United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York (1975 - 80), Chief, Civil Division (1977- 80) New York University School of Law, Adjunct Professor of Clinical Law (1978 - 1996) Faculty, National Institute for Trial Advocacy (1978-2006)

New York United States Supreme Court United States Court of Appeals - Second, Third, Fourth, Eleventh and Federal Circuits United States District Courts - Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York United States Court of International Trade

Member, Federal Bar Council Master in the Federal Bar Council Inn of Court (2003-2015) International Senior Lawyers Project - advising government of Malawi on revision of its intellectual property laws (2009) Association of the Bar of the City of New York - Member (1980-2015) Treasurer, The Eastern District Association Arbitration Panel, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

New York University School of Law (JD, cum laude; Order of the Coif) Columbia University, Columbia College