Background
Owens, Stephen T. was born in 1948 in San Jose, California, United States.
Owens, Stephen T. was born in 1948 in San Jose, California, United States.
Université d'Aix-Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, France (Diplôme de Langue et Lettres Francaises, 1973). San Jose State University (Bachelor of Arts, 1974). University of California at Los Angeles (Juris Doctor, 1978).
Spoken languages: French and Italian.
Worked at Graham & James LLP (Los Angeles, California) specializing in Commercial Litigation, Banking Litigation, Arbitration, Alternative Dispute Resolution. Admitted to the bar, 1978, California, United States. District Court, Central, Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts of California, United States.
District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas and United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Member, University of California, Los Angeles Law Review, 1976-1978.
Judge Pro Tem, Municipal Court for Los Angeles County, 1989-1994. Board of Directors of Public Counsel, The Public Interest Law Firm of the Los Angeles and Beverly Hills Bar Associations, 1992-1995. Member, Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation, 1996.
Special Master, State Bar of California, 1991. Recipient, John Minor Wisdom Award for Professionalism and Public Service, American Bar Association, 1993. Co-Recipient, President's Pro Bono Service Award, State Bar of California, 1992.
Member: Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations.
Member, University of California, Los Angeles Law Review, 1976-1978. Judge Pro Tem, Municipal Court for Los Angeles County, 1989-1994. Board of Directors of Public Counsel, The Public Interest Law Firm of the Los Angeles and Beverly Hills Bar Associations, 1992-1995.
Member, Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation, 1996. Special Master, State Bar of California, 1991. Recipient, John Minor Wisdom Award for Professionalism and Public Service, American Bar Association, 1993.
Co-Recipient, President's Pro Bono Service Award, State Bar of California, 1992. Member: Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations.