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Raymond E. Owens, Jr.  Partner
Charlotte  +1.704.331.7496
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Areas of Practice • Representative Experience • Professional/Civic Activities • Speaking Engagements • Bar Admissions • Education • Achievements

Areas of Practice

Mr. Owens focuses his practice on civil and criminal litigation, in particular, complex commercial, insurance coverage and tort litigation, including shareholder and partnership disputes, representation of professionals in disciplinary proceedings and First Amendment representation. He has tried more than fifty bench and jury trials to verdict.

Mr. Owens is recognized as one of the "Best Lawyers in America" in litigation and he is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He is also a speaker on how to handle the press in highly publicized cases.

Representative Experience
  • Obtained permanent injunction in pro bono National Environmental Policy Act case against the United States Navy on behalf of two Eastern North Carolina counties to prevent construction of an outlying landing field.   
  • National trial counsel for manufactured housing client involving death and serious injury cases.   
  • Defended an international insurance brokerage firm for alleged errors and omissions in the procurement of fidelity coverage.   
  • Defended and prosecuted claims for directors and officers liability coverage for major financial institution and investment capital firm.   
  • Defended major American denomination and North Carolina group home in alleged sexual abuse claims.   
  • Represented professionals before North Carolina Medical Board, North Carolina State Bar, North Carolina Board of Nursing and North Carolina Board of Psychiatrists proceedings.   
  • Defended and prosecuted claims for dissolution of real estate, professional partnerships and corporations.

Professional/Civic Activities
  • American Board of Trial Advocates, Member, North Carolina Treasurer   
  • IOLTA, Member and Chair, 1999-2001   
  • Legal Aid of North Carolina, Board Member, 2004-present   
  • Arts and Science Council, 1998-present; Executive Committee, 2000-2002   
  • Community School of the Arts, Board of Directors and President   
  • Spirit Square Center for the Arts and Education, Board of Directors and President

Speaking Engagements
  • "Dealing with the Press," North Carolina Bar Association and Mecklenburg County Bar   
  • "Dealing with the Difficult Attorney," North Carolina Bar Association and Mecklenburg County Bar   
  • "Insurance Coverage for Economic Torts," American Bar Association, Summer 1998   
  • "Appellate Rules And Writs," North Carolina Bar Association

Bar Admissions
  • Bar of North Carolina
Education
  • J.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Law School (1978) (North Carolina Law Review, member; Order of the Golden Fleece)
  • A.B., University of North Carolina (1975) (with highest honors, Phi Beta Kappa)
Achievements
  • "Best Lawyers in America," Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation, 2001-2009
  • "North Carolina Super Lawyers," Business Litigation, 2007-2008   
  • "Legal Elite," Business North Carolina Magazine, Litigation, 2005-2008    
  • Benchmark: Litigation, Local Litigation Star, 2007, 2008  
  • "Large Firm Pro Bono Services Award," North Carolina Bar Association, 2005   
  • Named "Guardian of the Environment" by The Charlotte Observer, 2005 


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