Background
McGowan, Candis A. was born on December 30, 1960 in Mobile, Alabama, United States.
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Candis A. McGowan
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Auburn University (Bachelor of Science, 1983). Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (Juris Doctor, 1986).
Career
Worked at Cooper, Mitch, Crawford, Kuykendall & Whatley, Limited liability company (Birmingham, Alabama) specializing in General Practice in State and Federal Courts and before Administrative Agencies. Labor, Personal Injury, Class Actions, Mediations and Arbitrations, Products Liability, Wrongful Death, Employment Discrimination, Worker"s Compensation. Trials and Appeals. Grand Jury Investigations.
Admitted to the bar, 1986, Alabama.
1987, United States. District Court, Southern District of Alabama. 1988, United States. District Court, Middle and Northern Districts of Alabama.
1991, United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Phi Delta Phi (Member, 1984-1986 and President, 1985-1986). Member, Trial Advocacy Board.
Law Clerk to Circuit Court, Judge Edward B. McDermott, 1986-1987. Member: Birmingham and American (Member: Labor and Employment Law Section.
Young Lawyers Division.
State Chair, Federal Emergency Management Agency Program, 1994-1995. Vice-Chair: Labor and Employment Committee, 1994-1995. Human & Civil Rights Committee, 1995-1997) Bar Associations.
Alabama State Bar (Member, Young Lawyers Executive Committee, 1993).
As Cooper, Mitch and Black the firm was formed in 1950 by Jerome A. Cooper, William East. Mitch and Hugo L. Black, Junior The firm has been principally engaged in labor law as counsel for numerous Local, National and International Unions throughout Alabama, the Southeast, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. In 1988 the firm became Cooper, Mitch, Crawford, Kuykendall & Whatley.
While the firm continues to have a strong emphasis in labor and employment law, its members have developed extensive practices in diverse but related fields of tort and personal injury, class actions, products liability, wrongful death, workmen"s compensation, social security, Employee Retirement Income Security Act, civil rights, employment discrimination, municipal and public interest law.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Trial Advocacy Board. Law Clerk to Circuit Court, Judge Edward B. McDermott, 1986-1987. Member: Birmingham and American (Member: Labor and Employment Law Section.
Young Lawyers Division.
State Chair, Federal Emergency Management Agency Program, 1994-1995. Vice-Chair: Labor and Employment Committee, 1994-1995.
Human & Civil Rights Committee, 1995-1997) Bar Associations. Alabama State Bar (Member, Young Lawyers Executive Committee, 1993).
