Columbus Criminal Defense Attorneys

The Owen Firm

5354 North High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43214
USA

(614) 454-5010 or (888) 454-5070

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Law Firm Overview

The Owen Firm is a criminal defense law firm located in Columbus, Ohio. At our firm we believe that excellence is everything. Some firms attempt to achieve profits by having many clients and doing a passable job on many cases. Here, we believe that having fewer clients and doing exceptional work for each is the true path to exemplary success. We do three particularly important things in every case and we believe it is our uncompromising insistence upon these three things that gives us the record we have:

1. Conduct a Comprehensive Factual Investigation: Long ago, a wise leader said, “what enables the sovereign and the good general to strike and conquer, and achieve things beyond the reach of ordinary men, is foreknowledge.” We use private investigators, expert witnesses, and any other tool we believe helpful to obtain a complete picture of each case. We believe that knowledge, a thorough understanding of the known and the unknown, more than any other factor in litigation, wins cases.

2. Thoroughly Prepare for Trial: Once we know what there is to know in a case, we prepare. Most people would not appear on T.V., radio, or other public speaking event without preparing remarks; why should lawyers and witnesses speaking in court be any different? We work on our delivery of every point and we repeatedly prepare each witness to testify so that when and if a trial occurs, the facts and points of law are delivered as a seamless and persuasive picture to the judge and jury.

3. Approach Each Case with Creativity: We approach each case with creativity. In the legal profession, “you cannot step into the same river twice” – laws change, clients change, judges change, facts change, and juries change. No case has been, or ever will be, identical to any other. Every case must be approached anew and this demands constant and unwavering dedication to creativity.

We recognize that sometimes the most effective way to make a point is to do something unorthodox. In the pursuit of demonstrating our client’s position, we have test-fired a shotgun in court, supoenaed a deputy police chief as a character witness, and mathematically tested the maximum acceleration of police cruiser.

In short, we try to know everything there is to know about a case, we prepare as fully as possible for trial, and we use every legal means at our disposal to secure the best possible result for our clients, even if that means doing something unexpected or different. We believe that because we follow this approach, even when we do not go to trial and instead settle a case, we are able to do so on better terms than would otherwise be available.

Practice Areas

Additional Practice Areas: Misdemeanor Cases; Post Conviction Remedies; Federal Habeas Petitions and Litigation; Probation Violations.

Practice Areas Description

The types of cases we have defended include:

● Homicides, including Aggravated Murder, Death Penalty Murder, Murder, Felony Murder, Voluntary Manslaughter, Involuntary Manslaughter, Reckless Homicide, Negligent Homicide, Aggravated Vehicular Homicide, and Vehicular Homicide.

● Drug offenses, including Aggravated Trafficking, Trafficking in Drugs, Drug Possession, and Drug Abuse in State and Federal Court.

● Assault cases, including Felonious Assault, Aggravated Assault, Assault, Aggravated Menacing, Menacing, and Domestic Violence.

● Sex offenses, including Rape, Attempted Rape, Sexual Battery, Gross Sexual Imposition, Sexual Imposition, Importuning, and Voyeurism.

● Weapon charges, including Carrying a Concealed Weapon, Weapons Under Disability, Improper Transportation of a Firearm, and related offenses in both State and Federal Court.

● Property and theft offenses, including Aggravated Burglary, Burglary, Breaking and Entering, Criminal Trespass, Aggravated Robbery, Robbery, Fraud, and Theft.

● Business crime and White Collar offenses, including tax evasion, mail and wire fraud, money laundering, and securities violations.

● Drunk driving, commonly referred to as DUI, and which in Ohio is referred to as OVI.

● Traffic offenses, including Driving Under Suspension and related offenses.