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About John Cowart
John P. Cowart is a founding partner at Shaw Cowart Attorneys at Law LLP with over 30 years of trial experience across all types of personal injury cases. He is licensed in all Texas state and federal courts and is AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Before co-founding the firm, he worked at Swearingen, Clark & Moore and Wells, Peyton Greenberg & Hunt, then formed Cowart & Neichoy, L.L.P. His career has included significant verdicts and settlements in employment cases, insurance bad faith litigation, automobile and trucking accidents, and a multimillion-dollar federal qui tam matter. He has handled products liability cases involving ASR and Pinnacle hip implants, Bombardier Jet Skis, lawnmowers, and the BP oil and gas explosion, and has represented victims in pedestrian accidents and rideshare accidents. He provides individual attention to each client and is personally invested in every matter he handles.
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A Tarrant County jury awarded Lionel Telfort and Katiria Nunez more than $2 million on their underinsured motorist claim against State Farm after the at-fault driver's policy limits left their damages unsatisfied; State Farm's subsequent appeal was dismissed in 2024.
A Travis County jury sided with two commission-paid roofing salesmen who sued their employer for unpaid commissions, awarding them a combined $151,210.61 in damages plus attorney's fees and a share of future project proceeds; the Texas Third Court of Appeals later affirmed the judgment while modifying the attorney's fee award, and enforcement ultimately required a court-appointed receiver.
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