Attorney Profiles

John Owen was born in East Liverpool, Ohio in 1970. John practiced with the Richmond, Virginia, law firms of Cowan & Owen and Bowman & Brooke before joining Harman Claytor in June of 2000. Prior to entering the practice of law, John served as vice-president of a Ford-Mercury dealership in northeastern Ohio. John’s practice is principally devoted to the areas of product liability, construction, commercial, motor vehicle, subrogation and personal injury litigation.

Education:

• Bowling Green State University, B.S., magna cum laude, 1992
• Washington and Lee University School of Law, J.D., 1995

Professional Associations:

• Virginia State Bar
• Virginia Bar Association (Richmond delegate to the Young Lawyers Division, 1997-2001)
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys (Board of Directors, 2007-  ; Instructor, Trial Tactics Seminar, 2008; Convention Chairman, 2004; Chair, Trial Tactics Seminar, 2002; Chair, Young Lawyers Division, 2000-2002)
• Federal Bar Association - Richmond Chapter (Board of Directors, 2009)
• Richmond Bar Association
• Henrico County Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute 

Professional Honors:

• Virginia Super Lawyers - Personal Injury Defense: Products - 2010
• Virginia Super Lawyers - Rising Star - Civil Litigation - 2008
• Virginia Business Legal Elite
       - Under 40 - 2004
       - Construction Law - 2008 & 2009

Publication:

• The Journal of Civil Litigation - An Alternative to the Sanction of Dismissal for Spoliation, Vol. XX, No. 4, Winter 2008-2009

Bar & Court Admissions:

• Virginia State Bar - 1996
• United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Reported Cases:

• Reynolds v. Crown Equip. Corp., 2008 WL 2465032 (W.D. Va. 2008)
• Motley v. Tarmac America, Inc., 258 Va. 98 (1998)