Owen & Owens proudly announces that Joe Owen has been recognized as a 2024 Best Lawyers in America®!
Family Law
Owen & Owens proudly announces that Sam Kaufman has been recognized as a 2024 Best Lawyers in America®!
Commercial Litigation
Litigation – Real Estate
Owen & Owens proudly announces that Mary Owens has been recognized as a 2024 Best Lawyers in America®!
Collaborative Law – Family Law
Mediation – Family Law
Family Law
Owen & Owens proudly announces that Joe Owen has been recognized as a 2024 Best Lawyers in America®!
Litigation – Health Care
Litigation – Insurance
All four of our Partners have been recognized as 2024 Best Lawyers® in America:
Joe Owen: Litigation – Health care and Litigation – Insurance
Mary Owens: Collaborative Law – Family Law and Mediation – Family Law as well as Family Law
Sam Kaufman: Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Real Estate
Julie Cillo: Family Law
Collaborative law, also known as collaborative practice, divorce or family law, is a legal process enabling couples who have decided to separate or end their marriage to work with their collaborative professionals including collaboratively trained lawyers, coaches and financial professionals in order to avoid the uncertain outcome of court and to achieve a settlement that best meets the specific needs of both parties and their children without the underlying threat of litigation.
Julie Cillo was recently admitted to the International Academy of Family Lawyers as 1 of only 15 IAFL Fellows in Virginia and 1 of 385 Fellows in the United States.
International Academy of Family Lawyers
IAFL is a worldwide association of practising lawyers who are recognised by their peers as the most experienced and skilled family law specialists in their respective countries.
Ben Sharpe is excited to take an active role in the Chesterfield Bar Association as secretary for the upcoming year! Congratulations Ben!
On May 1, 2023, Julie M. Cillo was sworn in as the Richmond Bar Association’s 138th President, and its 6th female president. She will take office June 1, 2023. Julie has been active in the Richmond Bar Association since 2006 and has served the Association in many roles including on the Executive Committee,
Mediation is a process parties can use for resolving a dispute out of court and without litigation. In the area of family law, The mediation process involves using a trained mediator to assist the parties with better communication to help them resolve their conflict out of court. Mediation can be applied to all family law cases including custody,
