Background
COWIN, WILLIAM was born on April 28, 1938 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
COWIN, WILLIAM was born on April 28, 1938 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
Harvard College (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1959). Harvard Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1962).
Worked at Friedman & Atherton (Boston, Master of Arts) specializing in General Practice including Civil and Criminal Litigation, Administrative Practice, Antitrust, Corporation and Business Law, Trusts, Taxation, Employment Law, Real Estate, Probate, Wills and Trusts, Insurance, Business Reorganizations, Bankruptcy, Creditor and Debtor Rights and Family Law. Admitted to the bar, 1962, Massachusetts. Author: "Chapter on Administrative Law," Boston College Annual Survey of Massachusetts Law, 1965 and 1966.
Assistant Attorney General, Massachusetts, 1963-1966.
Chairman, Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, 1969-1971. Secretary of Consumer Affairs, Massachusetts, 1971-1972.
Secretary of Administration and Finance, Massachusetts, 1972-1974. A firm of over twenty attorneys, Friedman & Atherton is one of Boston"s oldest firms.
Boston Bar Association.