Joseph M. Cowell is a partner of Peak Wooten McDaniel & Colwell LLP.  Joseph is a trial lawyer who handles cases in a variety of practice areas, including whistleblower, personal injury, wrongful death, product liability, medical malpractice, premises liability, and other types of claims. He has represented clients in federal and state courts across the country and has helped recover over $183 million in settlements for his clients. Included in those recoveries was a $108 million settlement against a major bank in a non-intervened Federal False Claims Act case in 2017.

Joseph is a Georgia native. He is a "double bear" who received both his undergraduate and law degrees from Mercer University. After graduating third in his class from Mercer Law School, he started practicing in Columbus, Georgia and became a founding partner of Peak Wooten McDaniel & Colwell LLP in 2021.

B.A. cum laude, 2010, Mercer University; J.D., magna cum laude, 2013, Mercer Law School. Editor in Chief, Mercer Law Review, 2012-2013. Mercer Law School Brainerd Currie Honor Society, 2013. Finalist, Hugh Lawson III First Year Moot Court Competition, 2010. Member, Georgia Intrastate Moot Court Team, 2011. Member, National Moot Court Team, 2012. GTLA LEAD Class Member, 2017. Memberships: State Bar of Georgia, American Bar Association, Columbus Bar Association, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Columbus Trial Lawyers Association. Admitted to practice in Georgia.