Background
Cowdery, James T. was born on December 22, 1953 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States.
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James T. Cowdery
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Trinity College (Bachelor of Arts, 1976). University of Connecticut (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1980).
Career
Worked at Cowdery & Ecker, Limited liability company (Hartford, Connecticut) specializing in White Collar Defense, Commercial Litigation, Professional Discipline. Admitted to the bar, 1980, Connecticut. 1982, United States. District Court, District of Connecticut.
1984, United States.
Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. 1994, United States. Supreme Court. Phi Beta Kappa. Recipient, William F. Starr Prize Fellowship for Scholarship and Leadership, 1980.
Member, 1978-1979, and Editor-in-Chief, 1979-1980, Connecticut Law Review.
Law Clerk: Honorary Thomas J. Meskill, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1980-1981.
Assistant United States. Attorney, 1984-1989, and Chief, Criminal Division, 1988-1989, District of Connecticut.
Recipient, Younger Federal Lawyers Award for Outstanding Government Service, 1989.
Member, Committee for Selection of Magistrate for the District of Connecticut, 1996. Member, Ad Hoc Committee for the Review of the Criminal Justice Acting Panel in the District of Connecticut, 1989. Chairman, Committee on Criminal Rules and Practice for the District of Connecticut, 1994.
Member, Sentencing Guidelines Advisory Group.
Member, Judicial Review Council, 1992-1996. Member: Hartford County, Connecticut (Member, Sections of: Federal Practice.
Criminal Justice and Civil Justice) and American (Member, Sections of: Litigation. Criminal Justice) Bar Associations.
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Achievements
Membership
Member, 1978-1979, and Editor-in-Chief, 1979-1980, Connecticut Law Review.
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American