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Mary Burkey OwensMary Owens, a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, received her law degree from the T.C. Williams School of Law of the University of Richmond in 1986. Mary is the leader of Owen & Owens' PLC Family Law Team of the Richmond, VA area and focuses her practice on family law, real estate and other civil litigation matters. She has been trained both as a mediator and as a collaborative lawyer. Mary’s extensive experience and training enable her to assist clients in achieving their goals through negotiation, alternative dispute resolution and litigation. Mary Owens is a founding member and former president of the Metro Richmond Family Law Bar, and a past president of the Chesterfield County Bar Association. She has served as an officer and been active in the Metro Richmond Women’s Bar Association. She is a frequent lecturer for attorneys in continuing legal education programs on family law and has lectured for the Virginia Apartment Management Association. Mary was recommended by the Virginia State Bar Professionalism Committee and served a three-year term on the Virginia Bar Professionalism Course Faculty from 2006 to 2009. She also served two three-year terms on the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Committee, which oversees and disciplines attorneys on ethics matters. Mary is well respected among her peers and has been recognized in Virginia Business magazine’s “Legal Elite” in the domestic relations category since 2001. Since 2006 she has been selected for “Virginia Super Lawyers” in the family law category, and for the second year in a row, Mary received the added distinction as one of the “Top 25 Women Super Lawyers 2010” which indicates she received one of the highest point totals in the nomination, research and blue ribbon review process. When Mary is not helping her clients, or leading her women’s book club, she can be found traveling or fishing at her cottage on the Chesapeake Bay. < Back to Attorneys |
Practice Areas: Divorce Child Custody & Visitation Child Support Adoptions Spousal Support Prenuptial Agreements Property Settlement Agreements Guardianships & Conservatorships Civil Litigation Real Estate Education: T.C. Williams School of Law of the University of Richmond, Juris Doctor, 1986 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, B.A., English, 1983 Community and Professional Involvement: Metro Richmond Family Law Bar, Founding Member and Former President Chesterfield County Bar Association, Former President Virginia State Bar Professionalism Course Faculty, former member Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Committee, former member Metro Richmond Women’s Bar Association Chester Presbyterian Church, Elder, Former Trustee |
