Charles E Cowan

Practice Areas

Litigation; Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Professional Liability; Insurance Defense and Coverage; Healthcare; Medicare Medicaid, and Reimbursement; Healthcare Litigation and Risk Management, General Business and Corporate Law; Public Policy

Professional Memberships

The Federalist Society, President, Mississippi Lawyers Chapter

Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel

Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association

Federal Bar Association

Publications

Author, Creationism’s Public and Private Fronts: The Protection and Restriction of Religious Freedom, 82 Miss L.J. 223 (2013).

Author, Constitutional Law-Arrest and Detention Under the Material Witness Statute-Objectively Reasonable Arrest Did Not Violate Fourth Amendment, 81 Miss. L.J. 621, (2011).

Personal

Charles is a shareholder attorney at Wise Carter. His practice centers on litigation and appeals in Mississippi state and federal courts. He represents a litany of clients in the healthcare, financial services, insurance, and railroad industries. He also represents state agencies and other political subdivisions of the State of Mississippi in defense of them in litigation. In addition to his work in the courtroom, Charles regularly represents clients in administrative matters before state and federal administrative agencies, including protests of government procurements and defense of clients in state and federal regulatory investigations. Throughout his career, Charles has litigated major public policy matters on behalf of Mississippi governmental clients.