Attorney Walter McGowan of Tuskegee was inducted into the Alabama Lawyers Association Hall of Fame on Thursday. Attorney McGowan is a law partner of the law firm, Gray, Langford, Sapp, McGowan, Gray & Nathanson. His primary focus is civil litigation. He has tried cases all over the southeast and was one of the trial attorneys in the two largest verdicts ever obtained in Bullock County.
Attorney McGowan has extensive experience in both plaintiff and defense cases. Walter holds Summa Cum Laude from Fisk University where he completed his undergraduate work. As a partner with one of the leading law firms in the country, Walter has spent his career in the courtroom and at the negotiating table. Walter negotiated contracts for Artist/Entertainer Stephanie Mills and other artists. He is Past President of the Montgomery Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. McGowan has served on the Board for the Tuskegee-Macon County YMCA since 1996.
Attorney McGowan joins other partners in his firm as a member of the Alabama Lawyers Association Hall of Fame, Fred Gray, Sr. and Earnestine Sapp. Gray, Langford, Sapp, McGowan, Gray & Nathanson is the only firm in the country with three attorneys in the Hall of Fame.