Doug Owens

Attorney

Doug Owens

Doug Owens has extensive trial experience in complex commercial, employment and environmental litigation.

Owens has tried fifteen large cases averaging two weeks in length, won all but two of them at trial, and successfully defended those victories on appeal. One of the two losses was reversed on appeal.

Employment Litigation

One area of focus is employment litigation. He represents clients in cases based on Title VII, age and disability discrimination, workers compensation, whistleblower claims, internal investigations, wage and hour class actions, workplace injuries not covered by workers compensation, and grievance procedures.

Defense

He has also handled cases representing large defense contractors, such as EG&G Defense Materials, Science Applications International Corporation, and Battelle Memorial Institute, carrying out the mission to destroy the Army’s largest stockpile of chemical weapons.

Environmental Law

Owens has handled high-profile cases including winning an injunction ordering the state of Utah to make the Legacy Highway comply with environmental laws (and recovered attorneys fees against the state).

Diet Drug Litigation

Additionally, Owens has represented Wyeth in diet drug litigation, General Electric, Zions Bank, American Express, and other companies in cases involving complex scientific and liability issues. Doug has extensive experience working with expert witnesses including accountants, physicians, and engineers.

 

Owens loves the outdoors, speaks and writes serviceable French, and loves to be actively engaged in local causes.

 

Doug rappels from the mouth of Mystery Canyon into Zion Narrows, Zion National Park

Civic Roles

  • Founder, Utah Outdoor Partners (non-profit dedicating to building the economic value of Utah’s outdoors and constructing enough new parks and trails to keep pace with population growth)

  • Commission on Strengthening Utah Democracy

  • Board Member, Salt Lake Community College Foundation

  • American Inns of Court

Experience

Prior to joining the Hatch Law Group, P.C., Doug practiced in Washington, D.C. with the powerhouse litigation firm of Williams & Connolly and was a partner with Utah’s largest law firm, Parsons, Behle & Latimer.

Education

JD, Yale Law School

  • Articles editor, Yale Journal on Regulation

  • Vice-President, Barristers Union

BA, University of Utah

  • Summa cum laude

  • Vice-Chair, Student Assembly

Bar Admissions

  • Utah Bar

  • Utah Federal Courts