Dennis J. C. Owens, lawyers in Kansas City, MO, Missouri

Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert E. Seiler, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Missouri (1975-1976)
Visiting Professor of Dentistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry (teacher of dental jurisprudence and ethics) (1979, 1987-1993).
Lecturer, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine (teacher of medical jurisprudence and ethics) (1987-93).
Faculty Member, Appellate Advocacy Program, National Institute for Trial Advocacy.
Reporter, New Jury Law Committee of the Missouri Bar's Judicial Administration Division (1984-1989). The committee consisted of five judges and myself. We researched and drafted a new comprehensive, state-wide statute which was endorsed by the Missouri Bar's Board of Governors, enacted by the 85th General Assembly as HB283, and signed by Governor Ashcroft in July, 1989.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Business Law, Rockhurst College (1980-1981).
Member, The Missouri Bar's Appellate Practice Project Committee (1988-1989, 1992, 1997).
Vice-Chairman, National Conference on Historic Preservation Law (1980).
Law Clerk to Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board of the U.S. (Summer, 1974).
Member of the Missouri Bar: Member, Board of Governors (1997-1999); Member, Civil Practice and Procedure Committee (1976-present); Chairman, Appellate Practice Subcommittee (1988-present).
Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers: Chairman, Committee on Bibliography for Appellate Specialists.
Membership in the Academy is by invitation only, is limited to no more than 400 practicing lawyers in the United States, and requires a minimum of fifteen years of successful experience in appellate advocacy. A nominee's professional work and character must earn the recommendation of adversary counsel and of the judges before whom he or she has appeared. The Academy elected me to Fellowship in 1993. I was the first Fellow elected from Missouri and the sixty-sixth member nationally.
Member of the American Bar Association: Member, the Section of Litigation; Member, Appellate Practice Committee.
Member of the Christian Legal Society.
Member of the National Lawyers Association: Chairman, Appellate Courts Section.
Member of The American Society of Writers on Legal Subjects - SCRIBES.
Member of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association: Chairman, Appellate Courts Committee (1984-1986, 1995).
Member of the Lawyers Association of Kansas City: Member, Board of Directors (1999-2005); Treasurer (2001-2002); Secretary (2002-2003).
Member of the Notre Dame Law Association: Missouri Chairman (1977-present).
Member of the United States Supreme Court Historical Society.
Member of the Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies: Member, Kansas City Attorneys Chapter.
Member of the Board of Visitors of Ave Maria School of Law, Ann Arbor, Michigan.