Allen Cowling's Personal Webpage
Personal Background
- I was born in January, 1948. I am 63 years old, 6' 3"
tall, 190 pounds and very active.
- I was an adopted child, born in Virginia, and lived there until I
enlisted in the Navy. I currently reside in the Jackson, Mississippi area and have since
1974.
- I spent 4 years with the U. S. Navy and was discharged in 1968.
Served my first year as an honor guard on "Old Ironsides," the U.S.S. Constitution in
Boston, MA, then served as a base police officer in Morocco, Africa for 2 years and spent my final
year aboard an oiler.
- After leaving the Navy, I worked as a private investigator for one
year and as investigator for a criminal attorney for three years, where I gained an interest in
attending law school.
- I had planned to attend law school at night in Birmingham, AL, but
when I missed the semester, I accepted a position as operations manager for an ambulance company in
Montgomery, Alabama. I was one of the first licensed EMT's in Alabama.
- After managing the ambulance company in Alabama for a year, I
accepted a position with a company in Mississippi, where I was responsible for updating county
ambulance services to comply with the 1974 Emergency Medical Act.
- I continued working with emergency medical services until I began
my current investigative business in Jackson, Mississippi in 1975.
Hobbies
- I enjoy a wide variety of hobbies including competing in martial
arts, tennis, bowling, shooting pool, motorcycling, swimming, roller skating, snow skiing,
softball, football, camping, fishing, singing, gourmet cooking, traveling, computer programming,
designing and building computers and networks, teaching and writing and singing. I recorded two
songs in Nashville years ago, not to promote or sell, just for the pleasure of doing it. I
absolutely love theme parks such as Disney and 6-Flags. This is one kid that will never grow
up.
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I am a Harley-Davidson enthusiast and the proud owner
of:
- A 2005, black cherry, fully chromed Harley Davidson Softail
with a 95 motor kit. I keep this bike mainly for a friend, an ex-client, who flies down and
rides with me.
- A 2006, cobalt blue and silver, fully chromed Harley Davidson
Ultra Classic with a 103 Screaming Eagle motor kit. I use this bike for road trips.
- A 2007, black and silver Screaming Eagle Harley Davidson Dyna,
fully chromed with a 110 motor. This bike is used only for local running around.
- Yes, I know, who needs three motorcycles, but you know what they
say about men and their toys! I always enjoy talking with other Harley owners. You meet some of the
nicest people imaginable. I would also like to "plug" Harley Davidson of Jackson,
Mississippi. Without question the people there are the greatest. They give a new meaning to the
name, "Waffle House."
- Traveling on a motorcycle opens up an entire new world. I have been
fortunate enough to have ridden all over Florida, with the best destinations being Orlando and Key
West. I rode across North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, crossed the 27-mile Chesapeake Bay
Bridge Tunnel, up through Delaware, caught the ferry in Lewes, Delaware to New Jersey, and then
rode up to Atlantic City. On my return, I rode through the Blueridge Mountains in Virginia and
around Washington, D.C. In 2003, I rode to Milwaukee, Wisconsin for the Harley Davidson 100th
anniversary and in 2005, I rode to Sturgis, South Dakota, then to Jackson Hole, Wyoming and Yellow
Stone National Park. In 2008, I rode to Milwaukee again for Harley's 105th anniversary. What an
amazing ride that was, going up in Hurricane Faye and returning to Mississippi in Hurricane Gustov.
Riding is always an adventure and one that you cannot experience from a car, such as the Blueridge
parkway in Virginia, the Smokey Mountains in Tennessee and the Natchez Trace Parkway. I try to take
at least two major rides a year. The scenery and the food is great and, as I said, you meet some of
the nicest people you could possibly imagine. Talk about a stress relief from work! This is
it. 2009 was no exception. We rode from Mississippi to New
Mexico, made a complete loop of Colorado and then returned Mississippi, a total of 3,200 miles. I
want to thank the riders, clients and their families who joined us. That trip was breath taking and
at the very least, a piece of heaven on earth. Our last trip was 3000 miles, up the east coast and
into Canada and then back to Mississippi. I made that entire ride with a fractured back I thought
was simply a pulled muscle. I am looking forward to riding Reno, Nevada with friends in
2011.
Occupation Data
- I have been a private investigator for more than 40 years and, in
1989, I began to specialize in defending clients who had been falsely accused of abuse, assisting
in overturning convictions that resulted from a false allegation and in legal malpractice cases
where attorneys who represented the falsely accused were negligent. Durng the past 21 years, I have
functioned more as a trial consultant and criminal defense strategist.
- Over a span of the last 38 years, I have conducted numerous
seminars and have written three books and a "Private Investigator's Training
Manual."
- Please note, I said I work to defend the "falsely
accused." Occasionally I get an email asking how I can defend anyone who abused a child. I
do not. Unlike most attorneys, I can select my cases. I tell any prospective client they do not
want to retain me if they are guilty. If I find that they are, I am gone and so is what they paid
me. I use a testing facility in Atlanta where clients are evaluated over a 3-day period, consisting
of drug screens, polygraph, psychological and sexual preference. I will not represent anyone who
hurt or abused a child for any reason.
- For a more detailed explanation of exactly what I do, you can visit
my company webpage. The links are provided at the bottom of this page.
- I have been in private practice in Jackson, Mississippi since 1975,
and, since 1989, I have traveled extensively throughout the world, representing clients. I average
flying about 150,000 miles a year and am fortunate if I am home 2 or 3 days a month.
- I have an extremely bad habit of burying myself in my work and
especially those cases where clients are facing what appears to be impossible odds. There is no
better satisfaction than taking a situation that appears to have no solution, reversing the
circumstances and giving my client their life back.
- I make enemies frequently in my work because I am not a politician
and have absolutely no problem going after anyone when conducting an investigation, regardless of
who they are. Very simply put, when I work for a client, I work for them.
- I am very straight forward and blunt. I say exactly what I mean and
mean what I say. The truth sometimes offends. I never mean to do that, but I simply won't
pacify with a lie about anything.
Pet Peeves
- I never cease to be amazed at the "experts" who slam
competition and claim to represent the falsely accused, but whose main and only concern is their
own notoriety. I will not resort to "slamming" competition, regardless of what they say
in order to gain business.
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