Trey McCowan is a partner in the Baton Rouge office of Kean Miller. He joined the firm in 1989 and practices in the litigation group. Trey represents local, regional and multi-national energy and petrochemical clients in a wide variety of litigation matters. He has specific experience representing clients in litigation involving complex commercial agreements and legacy site litigation in the energy industry. Trey also represents clients with regard to environmental litigation and toxic tort defense. He also advises clients on electronic discovery, e-discovery compliance, electronically stored information (ESI), electronic information management, and retention and destructive policies and procedures.
Trey is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2019 (Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation, Natural Resources Law; Oil & Gas Law; Personal Injury Litigation - Defense) and in Louisiana Super Lawyers, 2008-2019. He was named a Baton Rouge Lawyer of the Year for Bet-the-Company Litigation for 2013. He is the recipient of the 2009-2010 Sustainable Environment Award from the LSU School of Coast and Environment, Department of Environmental Sciences for his Master's Thesis entitled The Impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the Louisiana Judicial System.
Trey earned his B.A. from Louisiana State University in 1986. He earned his J.D., cum laude, from Tulane University Law School in 1989, and he earned his Masters in Environmental Sciences (Environmental Planning and Management) from the LSU School of Coast and Environment, Department of Environmental Sciences, in 2010.
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Energy, Oil & Gas Law
- Utilities
- Communications & Internet Law
- Internet Law, Media & Advertising, Telecommunications Law
- Environmental Law
- Louisiana
- English
- Partner
- Kean Miller LLP
- - Current
- College of the Coast and Environment
- M.S. (2010) | Environmental Sciences
- Tulane University School of Law
- J.D. (1989)
- Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge
- B.A. (1986)
- Best Lawyer
- Best Lawyers
- Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation, Natural Resources Law; Oil & Gas Law; Personal Injury Litigation - Defense
- Louisiana Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- 2008-2019
- Sustainable Environment Award
- LSU School of Coast and Environment, Department of Environmental Sciences
- 2009-2010, for Master's Thesis entitled "The Impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the Louisiana Judicial System"
- Baton Rouge Bar Association
- Current
- Activities: Mock Trial Competition Committee
- Louisiana State Bar Association
- Current
- American Bar Association
- Current
- Activities: Litigation and Energy and Environment Sections
- Dean Henry George McMahon American Inn of Court
- Current
- Defense Research Institute
- Current
- Co-author: A Discussion of Selected Problems Presented by Class Action Mass Tort Litigation - A Defense Perspective, Conference for Trial Lawyers and Judges, Northwestern School of Law, Lewis & Clark College, 1995
- Louisiana Judicial and Legislative Highlights and Hypothetical Problems, Institute of Property Taxation, 1989
- Louisiana Judicial and Legislative Highlights and Hypothetical Problems, Institute of Property Taxation
- 1989
- A Discussion of Selected Problems Presented by Class Action Mass Tort Litigation–A Defense Perspectives, Conference for Trial Lawyers and Judge
- 1995
- A Case for an Independent Administrative Judiciary for Louisiana, Louisiana Association of Administrative Law Judges Annual Meeting
- 1994