Family Law > Our Team

At Owen & Owens, our Family Law Team is experienced in all of these issues and are prepared to guide our clients through these and the host of other issues they may face. We know that no two cases are alike and we approach each one individually determining, with the client, how best to proceed. We focus on the individual needs of our clients, issue by issue.

It is with understanding of the individual needs of our clients that we bring our knowledge and expertise to each case, whether the divorce is contested or uncontested. Using a team approach, our attorneys and staff are here to guide our clients through the process.

Mary Burkey Owens, a Richmond lawyer with more than twenty years of family law experience, brings not only her wealth of knowledge of family law matters, but also a caring and sensitivity needed when dealing with complex and emotional family law issues. From counseling and collaboration to mediation and litigation, Mary can provide advice on a wide range of alternatives in addressing the individual needs of a client.

Mary 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 and focuses the majority of her practice on family law matters. Mary is a founding member and former president of the Metro Richmond Family Law Bar.

She is currently serving a second three-year term on the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Committee, which oversees and disciplines attorneys on ethics matters. Mary has served as an officer and been active in several local bar associations including the Metro Richmond Family Law Bar, the Metro Richmond Women's Bar Association and the Chesterfield County Bar Association.

Mary is well respected among her peers in the legal and local communities. She has been recognized as one of Virginia's Legal Elite, selected by her peers and honored in Virginia Business Magazine since the award's inception, for the past six years running.

Legal assistants Pamela R. Chandler and Cathy I. Mann are valuable members of the Owen & Owens Family Law Team. Both Pam and Cathy bring a combined total of 18 years of experience to all aspects of family law cases, from working closely with clients and addressing their individual needs to preparing for litigation. Pam and Cathy are often the "go to" people when clients have concerns, or when an emergency arises that needs immediate attention. Their knowledge, courteousness, and professionalism are important components of the Owen & Owens' team approach in addressing the individual needs of clients and their cases.

Jace M. Padden grew up in Chesterfield before earning his B.A. from the University of Virginia. He graduated cum laude from the T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond, where he was a John Marshall Scholar and a member of the Moot Court Board. During law school, he also completed a judicial internship at the Richmond Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court and was a research assistant to Professor W. Hamilton Bryson. After graduating, Jace served as law clerk to the Honorable Michael C. Allen of the Chesterfield Circuit Court.

Jace focuses his practice on family law and other civil matters. He provides pro bono legal services through the Chesterfield Victim/Witness Assistance Program, and is a member of the Chesterfield County Bar Association, and the Metro Richmond Family Law Bar.

Kimberly A. Skiba graduated summa cum laude with distinction with a Bachelor of Arts from Boston University in 2002. She has been working in the legal profession since 2000, first as a residential real estate paralegal and a family law paralegal and then as an attorney. Kimberly is a native of Piscataway, New Jersey.

Kimberly moved to Richmond, Virginia in 2003 to attend law school at the T.C. Williams School of Law of the University of Richmond. She was admitted to the Virginia State Bar in 2006, at which time she began her practice in the Richmond area practicing solely in the areas of domestic relations and wills and estate planning. Kimberly joined Owen & Owens PLC in September 2008 and currently focuses her practice on domestic relations and wills and estate planning.

Kimberly is actively involved in the legal community by participating in bar associations, authoring legal publications, and speaking at continuing legal education programs. She is a member of a number of bar and professional associations, including the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association and the Metropolitan Richmond Family Law Bar Association. Kimberly is a member of the Executive Board of the Metropolitan Richmond Women’s Bar Association and serves as the Legislative Committee Chair and a member of the Judicial Endorsement Committee. In 2008, Kimberly served as the Henrico County Bar Association’s representative to the Richmond Bench-Bar Conference Planning Committee and she has also served as the Vice-Chair of the Virginia State Bar Young Lawyers Conference Domestic Violence Safety Project. Since law school, Kimberly has authored several legal publications, including the update to the chapter on family law in The Virginia Lawyer: A Deskbook for Practitioners. She has also lectured at seminars for other attorneys and for paralegals on topics in areas of domestic relations and estate planning.

Giving back to the greater Richmond community is also incredibly important to Kimberly. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Safe Harbor and a member of the Board of Managers for the Tuckahoe YMCA. Kimberly also volunteers her time with the Big Brothers, Big Sisters Program.

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