Gregory Owen

Attorney Gregory Owen is senior partner with Owen Patterson & Owen law firm, which has five office locations across California. A nationally ranked trial attorney with more than 38 years of legal experience, Mr. Owen provides unmatched representation and support to clients throughout the state who have suffered injuries or lost loved ones due to motor vehicle accidents, defective products, aviation accidents, medical malpractice, or dangerous and defective pharmaceuticals and medical devices.

Over the course of his legal career, Mr. Owen has recovered millions of dollars in total compensation for his plaintiff clients, including a landmark settlement of $35 million for a child who suffered brain damage. He has also handled numerous multidistrict litigations on classes of consumers harmed by dangerous pharmaceuticals, including MDL litigation against Merck & Co and its drug Vioxx, where he was able to secure a settlement of more than $4.85 billion.

Honored for his outstanding professionalism and superior client service, Mr. Owen has earned an AV-Preeminent peer review rating* from Martindale-Hubbell as well as a Top 100 Trial Lawyers designation from The National Trial Lawyers. In addition, Valley Magazine voted him among the Top 25 lawyers in the region, and Lawdragon has named him as one of the 3000 leading lawyers in the United States.

A 1977 graduate of California State University, Dominguez Hills, Mr. Owen obtained his Juris Doctor from Southwestern Law School in 1981. He is an active member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and The State Bar of California as well as the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, the American Board of Trial Advocates, the California Trial Lawyers Association and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, among his other professional affiliations.

Outside his legal practice, Mr. Owen has served as board member and pro bono legal counsel to The Williams S. Hart Boy and Girls Pony League for the past 27 years, and he established the Franklin Scholarship Foundation to help students in East Los Angeles obtain a college education. He is also highly active in other educational, civic and charitable organizations in his community.

*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.