Andrew Owen is our latest Featured Speaker!
Our latest featured speaker is Andrew Owen of Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP!
Andrew is speaking at our upcoming Master the Depositions 101: The Nuts and Bolts (CA) program. Designed for newer litigators, this program will teach attorneys what they need to know to succeed at taking and defending depositions. This comprehensive deposition training program will provide you with both a comprehensive understanding of the process, as well as strategies to take and defend depositions successfully.
Our attendees loved Andrew when he spoke at our 2022 18th Annual Federal Court Boot Camp. You can find our 2024 version of that program here.
Andrew Owen focuses his practice on litigating and trying catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases involving trucks, commercial vehicles, pedestrians, industrial or construction accidents, as well as dangerous conditions of public and private property. Mr. Owen also devotes a portion of his practice to consumer class actions against businesses that engage in unfair and illegal business practices.
Prior to joining Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP, Mr. Owen worked as a paralegal, law clerk and attorney at O’Donnell & Associates, a boutique civil litigation and trial firm that specialized in complex, multi-million dollar state and federal lawsuits involving antitrust, entertainment, intellectual property, energy, securities, products liability, toxic tort, real estate, constitutional law, finance, and business disputes.
Some of Mr. Owen’s prior work included: In re Katrina Canal Breaches Consolidated Litigation: twin suits against United States and a private contractor alleging their negligence caused plaintiffs’ flood damage during Hurricane Katrina. State of California ex rel. Hindin v. Hewlett Packard Company and Agilent Technologies Inc.: qui tam suit for violation of California False Claims Act. The State of Nevada v. Watanabe: white-collar criminal defense of gambler involving a gaming debt of over a million. In re Natural Gas Anti-trust Cases I, II, III, IV: consumer class action antitrust case concerning natural gas price fixing during 2000-01 energy crisis.
Mr. Owen has been named among the Best Lawyers in America® in the area of Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, recognized as a Southern California Rising Star by the Super Lawyers publication, and is a member of the State Bar of California, the United States District Court for the Central District of California, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is also an active member of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles.
While working as a law clerk, Mr. Owen attended the night program at Southwestern Law School where he graduated cum laude. He earned Highest Honors in Legal Research & Writing, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and California Pretrial Practice. Mr. Owen was also an active member of Moot Court and competed in the 2008 National Telecommunications Competition at Catholic University, where his team won First Place and he won Best Oralist.
We are so glad to have you back Andrew!
