Stephen Cowen is a partner at the law firm Jones Day. His teaching interests include constitutional law and the structure of government, federal jurisdiction, statutory interpretation, national security and intelligence law, and foreign relations law. 

He represents clients in high-stakes trials and appeals; complex business, accounting, and other commercial disputes; and internal and government investigations involving highly sensitive topics and crisis management. He routinely counsels and presents to senior management and boards of directors.

Cowen previously was a senior counsel at the Boeing Company and earlier in his career was a partner at the law firm Bartlit Beck in Chicago. He is a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan, where he served as an intelligence officer in the US Navy.