Attorneys

B.A. in Political Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 1991
J.D. The National Law Center, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 1994

Owen brings more than 20 years of experience representing clients in a variety of sophisticated commercial, banking, consumer finance, real estate, unfair competition, employment, bankruptcy, insurance, telecommunication, corporate/partnership and fraud matters.  He’s practiced in federal and state courts in both New Jersey and New York and represented clients in arbitrations and administrative proceedings.  He’s successfully litigated many matters from beginning to conclusion, including obtaining favorable summary judgment rulings concluding the matters.  His clients broadly range from large financial institutions, real estate developers and other large entities to individuals involved in shareholder disputes and other legal predicaments. He always seeks to achieve cost-effective and practical results through skilled problem-solving tailored to his client’s needs and objectives.  Highlights include:

• Defeated restraints sought by physician practice against practice’s former shareholder/physician that would enjoin physician from competing against his former practice and treating his former patients in his new practice;
• Successfully obtained summary judgment dismissing complaint by company against former employee alleging misappropriation of company’s documents and violation of non-compete and non-solicitation clauses;
• Defeated client’s former company’s request for an injunction barring client from working for competitor;
• Successfully obtained restraints enforcing non-compete agreement against client’s two former employees who joined client’s chief competitor and thereafter settled matter that included money damages and enforcement of the non-compete agreement;
• Successfully settled, on eve of trial, clients’ action against family member for disgorgement of vast sums of monies stolen by family member from corporation;
• Obtained dismissal of lawsuit against national bank alleging that bank was liable for fraud against purchasers who wired funds to a fraudster in a real estate transaction;
• Obtained an affirmance by the Appellate Division in national bank’s favor defeating borrower’s claims challenging the propriety of two foreclosures resulting from loan defaults exceeding $6 million;
• Successfully tried matter for return of a security deposit resulting in imposition of double damages;
• Successfully obtained arbitration award for full amount of landlord’s damages against commercial tenant for cleanup/environmental costs, among other claims;
• Successfully settled in favor of sublessee its claims against sublessor resulting from claims that sublessor breached sublease causing the termination of the master lease and sublease; and
• Successfully obtained recovery of approximately $200,000 from New Jersey’s Client Protection Fund for client victimized by attorney’s fraud in transferring non-existent real estate interest to him.

Owen also has substantial experience as an in-house attorney. He was Assistant General Counsel and Vice President of JPMorgan Chase Bank, where he helped direct and manage the Bank’s mortgage litigation across the country, primarily its appellate litigation. He defended the Bank in various consumer finance litigation matters, including matters asserting claims under TILA, RESPA, TCPA, FDCPA and state law.

Owen obtained his BA in Political Science from Rutgers College where he was selected to Phi Beta Kappa and obtained his JD at George Washington University.  Owen began his legal career as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Lawrence Weiss, NJ Superior Court Judge, Union County, who adjudicated many highly complicated commercial and insurance matters.

Prior to becoming a lawyer, Owen starred on another “court,” leading the Rutgers University tennis team as its captain and number one singles player.