Steve Cowan is a charter member of ACREL, elected with the first class of fellows in 1979. He is also a founder of the California Bar Association’s Real Property Section, and served as Chair of the ABA Real Property, Probate and Trust Section. Steve is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and Harvard Law School. His practice focused on real estate, finance, real estate fund formations and bankruptcy/workouts, including representation of non-US investors in the purchase, sale and development of US real estate.