John R. Owen

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. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees John R. Owen included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Virginia Lawyers Weekly, Leader in the Law (2015) Virginia Lawyers Weekly, “Go To Lawyer” for Medical Malpractice (2021) Best Lawyers in America (2013 – 2024) Virginia Super Lawyers, Personal Injury – Products: Defense, (2008, 2010 – 2023) Virginia Super Lawyers, Rising Star – Civil Litigation (2008) Virginia Super Lawyers, Top 50 Lawyers in Richmond (2014 – 2023) Virginia Super Lawyers, Top 100 Lawyers in Virginia (2013 – 2023) Virginia Super Lawyers, 10th Year of Inclusion (2019) Virginia Super Lawyers – Business Edition, Personal Injury – Products: Defense, (2010 – 2014) Virginia Business Legal Elite (2004, 2008 – 2023) Martindale-Hubbell® AV Rated Other Sources of Feedback About John R. Owen Included on the 2026Virginia Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2024 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2023 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2022 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2021 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2020 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2019 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2018 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2017 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2016 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2015 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2014 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2013 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2012 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2011 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2010 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2008 Virginia Super Lawyers list

• Partner

• Cowan & Owen, P.C., Associate, 1995 - 1999
• Bott Ford-Mercury, Inc., Vice-President, 1991 - 1994

• Richmond Metropolitan Habitat for Humanity, 1997 - Present
• Virginia State Bar, Young Lawyers' Conference Pro Bono Projects

• Virginia, 1996
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia, 1996
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1996
• U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia, 1996
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Virginia
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Virginia

• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, 2014 - 2015 (Immediate Past-President)
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, 2013 - 2014 (President)
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, 2012 - 2013 (President-Elect)
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, 2011 - 2012 (Treasurer)
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, 2010 - 2011 (Director Emeritus)
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, 2007 - 2010 (Board of Directors)
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, 2008 (Instructor, Trial Tactics Seminar)
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, 2004 (Convention Chairman)
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, 2002 (Chair, Trial Tactics Seminar)
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, 2000 - 2002 (Chair, Young Lawyers Division)
• Defense Research Institute, 2016 - 2019 (Board of Directors, Mid-Atlantic Region Director)
• Defense Research Institute, 2008 (It Is All About Relationships – For the Defense, with Donald P. Moloney, II)
• American Board of Trial Attorneys (ABOTA), 2016 - 2018 (State Representative)
• American Board of Trial Attorneys (ABOTA), 2015 - 2016 (Virginia Chapter President)
• Federal Bar Association, Richmond Chapter, 2009 - 2015 (Board of Directors)
• Lewis Powell Inn of Court, 2011 - 2017 (Board of Directors)
• International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
• Association of Defense Trial Attorneys (ADTA)
• Virginia Bar Association, 1997 - 2001 (Richmond Delegate to the Young Lawyers Division)
• Richmond Bar Association
• Henrico County Bar Association