Sam Cowin

Sam Cowin is a litigation associate in the Washington office of Hughes Hubbard & Reed. Sam has experience drafting motions and briefs on complex issues of federal and state law, arguing cases in state trial and appellate courts, defending depositions, and advising clients on litigation risks in a variety of contexts.

Sam is also a member of the Firm’s arbitration practice group; his arbitration practice focuses on investment treaty arbitrations.

Sam maintains an active pro bono practice. Most recently, he briefed and argued cases before the Maryland Court of Appeals, Maryland Court of Special Appeals, D.C. Court of Appeals, and D.C. Superior Court.Sam is a member of the Firm’s Professional Standards Committee.

Previous Experience:

• Clerkship, the Hon. Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera, Maryland Court of Appeals, 2013 – 2014
• Clerkship, the Hon. Anthony Epstein, District of Columbia Superior Court (Civil Division), 2012 – 2013

Highlighted Publications:

• “Session Report, Retrospective: Drafting the ICSID Convention and ICSID’s Early Years,” Arbitration News (an International Bar Association publication), September 2015
• “You Don’t Have Mail: The Permissibility of Internet-Use Bans in Child Pornography Cases and the Need for Uniformity Across the Circuits,” The George Washington Law Review 80 (2012): 885

Education:

• George Washington University Law School, J.D., 2012, High Honors, Order of the Coif, Law Review Moot Court Board Mock Trial Board
• University of Illinois, B.A., 2008, Phi Beta Kappa Mock Trial Team, summa cum laude