Jacksonville
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Contact
Contact Information
301 West Bay Street
Suite 1010
Jacksonville, FL 32202
Biography
W.J. Lee Owen, Esq. ("Lee"), is a Junior Partner in the Jacksonville office. He focuses his practice defending automobile negligence, trucking liability, wrongful death, negligent security, insurance coverage and premises liability cases. Lee also handles general liability, fraud investigations and governmental liability matters. Lee is a St. Johns County native. He is a Menorcan of the Ponce family that came to St. Johns County in 1777.
Lee started his legal career as an Assistant State Attorney. During his time as a prosecutor, he gained valuable trial experience in both county and circuit court. He served in St. Johns County, where he tried felony and misdemeanor cases. While he was a prosecutor, he was the vice-president of the St. Johns County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division.
Upon leaving the State Attorney’s office, Lee worked for a well-known boutique litigation firm in Jacksonville handling auto accident and premises liability cases and a large insurance defense firm. Here he gained civil trial experience.
Lee earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Florida in 2014 graduating cum laude. He obtained his juris doctor from the University of Mississippi School of Law ("Ole Miss Law") graduating cum laude in 2018. At Ole Miss Law, Lee distinguished himself as member of the Trial Advocacy Board by becoming a finalist in the Steen Dalehite & Pace Trial advocacy Board Fall Competition and winning the American Board of Trial Advocates Federal Trial Practice Competition. Further, while at Ole Miss Law, Lee served in the Criminal Appeals Clinic where he argued a capital murder appeal before the Mississippi Court of Appeals.
Lee is admitted in Florida (2018).
Practice Areas
Practice Areas
- Appeals | Litigation Support
- Auto & Fleet Liability
- General Liability
- Government Liability
- Insurance Coverage
- Negligent Security
- Premises Liability
- SIU | Fraud Special Investigations
- Trucking Liability
Experience
Awards & Honors
- Top 25 under 40 Young Professionals of St. Johns County 2021 Issued by the St. Augustine Record
- Top Contract Negotiator, Contract Drafting and Negotiation 2016
- American Board of Trial Advocates Federal Trial Practice Competition 2016-2018, Winner
- Outstanding Clinical Student-Lawyer Award
Bar/Court Admission
- 2018, Florida
Education
- University of Florida, B.A., cum laude, 2014
- University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2018
Professional/Civil Memberships
- Florida Defense Lawyers Association
- Hastings Masonic Lodge #183, 3rd Degree Mason
- St. Johns County Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division, Former Vice President
- CLM Alliance (Claims and Litigation Management Alliance)
- Menorcan Cultural Society of St. Augustine, Board Member
- Hastings Main Street Group (Main Street Revitalization Non-Profit), Vice President
- Trucking Industry Defense Association
Industries Represented
- Office Product Retail Stores
- Home Improvement Retailers
- Retail Specialty Stores
- Supermarket Chains
- Suppliers
- Hotels
- Shopping Malls & Centers
- Restaurants & Bars
- Insurance Companies
- Third Party Administrators for Claims Management and Risk
- Car Rental Companies
- Public & Governmental Entities
- Rideshare application-based companies
- Product Distributors
- Hotels and Hospitality Companies
- Motor Carriers, Cargo & Brokers
- Information Technology Companies
- Property Managers
- Manufacturers
- Transportation Trucking Industry
- Hauling and Owner Operators (Trucking)