The International HR Special Edition of Celebrity Apprentice premieres on February 22 and you are the celebrities! 

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You will learn the pitfalls to avoid when dealing with “termination issues” including:

• Stealth Expats
• Managing Expat Expectaions
• The “Psycho” Expat
• The “Stealth” Expat
• Reference Letters
• Employee Titles
• Tax issues (Do I really need to know anything about tax???)
  

Please bring yourself and a friend and get ready for a fun, lively and informative presentation of the the most pressing international HR issues. Don’t miss this important and timely presentation!

Our Presenter: 

Jordan W. Cowman focuses his law practice on transnational projects and transactions, labor and employment, international agreements, public international law and policy, and corporate compliance. He has a broad range of international experience representing and advising governments and international agencies on policy issues, as well as multinationals in industries including: logistics, technology, transportation, energy, defense, manufacturing, retail, banking, food, aviation, chemical, hospitality, insurance, manufacturing and private equity.

Mr. Cowman received his B.A. and J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. Following law school, he was a law clerk for the Honorable Joe J. Fisher, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. He is a member of the state bars of New York, Washington, D.C. and Texas. Mr. Cowman is a member of the American Bar Association, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of International Trade; the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Western, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas; the U.S. District Courts of the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas; as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.

Mr. Cowman is a director of the Texas Business Hall of Fame, the Dallas Assembly, the Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations and a member of the U.S. Council for International Business’ International Labor and Employment Law Committee. He was an employer advisor to the United Nations’ International Labor Organization in 2002, 2003 and 2004. He is past chairman of the Texas Lyceum Association.

Recognized by Chambers as a leading practitioner, Mr. Cowman was named in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010 surveys of his peers as a Texas “Super Lawyer” in labor and international law; in D Magazine as one of the “Best Lawyers Under 40” (May 2002); and in Texas Lawyer as one of the “Top 40 Lawyers Under 40” (September 2001).

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