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

Editor-in-Chief, Appellate Practice Journal, published quarterly by the American Bar Association (1988-present). Previously, Eighth Circuit Editor (1982-1988). Received "Outstanding Editor" Award for best publication of the Section of Litigation of the A.B.A., 1999.
Bibliography of Appellate Practice Books (American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, 1996).
Editor, Missouri Appellate Practice & Extraordinary Remedies, Fourth Edition, two volumes (The Missouri Bar, 1989) and its updatings.
Missouri Appellate Courts Research Manual (State Courts Administrator, Jefferson City, Missouri 1976).
"Appellate Jurisdiction", Chapter Three, Eighth Circuit Federal Appellate Practice Manual (Minnesota State Bar, 2001).
"Brief Writing", Chapter Ten, Eighth Circuit Federal Appellate Practice Manual (Minnesota State Bar, 2001).
"Scope and Standards of Review", Chapter Twelve, Eighth Circuit Federal Appellate Practice manual (Minnesota State Bar, 2001).
"New Counsel on Appeal?", Chapter Seven, The Litigation Manual: Special Problems and Appeals, Third Edition (American Bar Association, 1999).
"Second and Third Chances on Appeal", Chapter Sixteen, The Litigation Manual: Special Problems and Appeals, Third Edition (American Bar Association, 1999).
"Preserving Your District Court Record for Appeal: Objections, Post-Trial Motions and Offers of Proof"; (UMKC School of Law, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999).
"New Counsel on Appeal?", Chapter Six, Appellate Practice Manual (American Bar Association, 1992), reprinted in Meador, Rosenberg, & Carrington, Appellate Courts: Structures, Functions, Processes, and Personnel (Michie Co., 1994).
"Second and Third Chances on Appeal?", Chapter Fourteen, Appellate Practice Manual (A.B.A., 1992).
"Considerations in Evaluating a Case for Appeal", Chapter Seven, Appellate Co rt Practice In Civil Cases (U.M.K.C. -K.C.M.B.A., 1990).
"Initial Considerations: Evaluaing the Case for Appeal; Ethical Considerations on Appeal; New Counsel on Appeal?", Chapter One, Missouri Appellate Practice & Extraordinary Remedies, Fourth Edition (Mo. Bar, 1989).
Co-Author (With Chief Justice Charles B. Blackmar of the Supreme Court of Missouri), "Oral Argument", Chapter Six, Missouri Appellate Practice & Extraordinary Remedies, Fourth Edition (Mo. Bar, 1989).
"Rehearings, Transfers and Certiorari"; "Missouri and Federal", Chapter Nine, Missouri Appellate Practice & Extraordinary Remedies, Fourth Edition (Mo. Bar, 1989).
"Further Appellate Review in Missouri and Federal Courts: It's Not Over 'til It's Over", Chapter Seven, The Dynamics of Appellate Practice (U.M.K.C. School of Law, 1987).
"An Essay on Moral Responsibility, The Holocaust, and Adolph Hitler", 17 Appellate Practice Journal, No. 4, p. 40, (Fall, 1999).
"An Essay on the Literature of the Bill of Rights", 17 Appellate Practice Journal, No. 3, p. 34 (Summer, 1999).
"An Essay on Books on the Law and Science", 17 Appellate Practice Journal, No. 3, p. 8 (Summer, 1999).
"An Essay on the Biographies of Earl Warren" 16 Appellate Practice Journal, No. 2, p. 33 (Spring, 1998).
"An Essay on the Biographies of Abraham Lincoln", 15 Appellate Practice Journal, No. 4, p. 31 (Fall, 1997).
"Bibliography of Appellate Practice Books: A Working Draft", 13 Appellate Practice Journal, No. 3, p. 5 (Summer, 1995), and The Appellate Advocate, p. 5 (Winter, 1996).
"New Counsel on Appeal?", 15 Litigation No. 3, p. 1 (Spring, 1989).
"Federal Rehearings and Certiorari Practice", 44 Journal of the Missouri Bar 498 (December, 1988).
"Second and Third Chances on Appeal", 14 Litigation Manual: Special Problems and Appeals, Third Edition (American Bar Association, 1999).