Dennis James Campbell Owens

Background

Owens, Dennis James Campbell was born on December 4, 1944 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of James Charles and Josephine Augusta (Wright) Owens.

Education

Bachelor, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, 1967. Juris Doctor, University Notre Dame Law School, 1975.

Career

Law clerk to Robert E. Seiler Supreme Court Missouri, Jefferson City, 1975-1976. Private practice attorney Kansas City, since 1976. Of counsel Dewitt & Zeldin, LLC.

1st lieutenant United States Marine Corps, 1968-1971, Vietnam.

Achievements

• Dennis James Campbell Owens has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board governors Citizens Association Kansas City, 1976—1994. Trustee mid America chapter National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 1977—1986. Vice chair Kansas City Human Relations Commission, 1979—1982.

Assistant scoutmaster Boy Scouts America, Kansas City, 1983—2002. President Friends of Kansas City Public Library., 1984—1988. Appointed honorary consul Republic Austria for Western Missouri and Kansas, 1987—1993, honorary consul general, since 1993.

Board directors National Conference Community & Justice, Kansas City, 1978—1986, Rockhurst University Alumni Association, 1977—1979, 1984—1987. Fellow: American Academy Appellate Lawyers. Member: American Bar Association (8th circuit editor Circuit Court Newsletter 1983-1987, editor-in-chief Appellate Practice Journal since 1988, Outstanding Editor award 2000-2001), American Law Institute, Association Bar United States Court Appeals 8th Circuit (board directors 2002-2004), American Society Writers on Legal Subjects, National Lawyers Association, Association Bar United States Court Appeals 10th Circuit (president since 2002), Lawyers Association Kansas City (board directors 1999—2005, Judge James A. Moore award 2002, 2002), Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (chairman appellate committee 1984-1985), Notre Dame Law Association, Missouri Bar (board governors 1997-1999), Burlington Route History Society, Federalist Society Law & Policy Studies, United States Supreme Court History Society, National Railway History Society, Notre Dame Club, Native Sons Kansas City.

Connections

Married Cathy Diane Campbell, December 28, 1968. Children: James Campbell, Mollie Kathleeen, Mary Theda, Sean Padraic.

Father:

James Charles Owens

Mother:

Josephine Augusta (Wright) Owens

Spouse:

Cathy Diane Campbell

child:

Mary Theda Owens

child:

James Campbell Owens

child:

Mollie Kathleeen Owens

child:

Sean Padraic Owens