9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (San Diego)
Career Highlights: Law clerk, Hon. J. Clifford Wallace, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1996-97; law clerk, Hon. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court of the United States, 1997-98; trial attorney, Office of Consumer Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice, 1998-99; private practice, Washington, D.C., 2000-01; assistant U.S. attorney, Central District of California, 2001-04; assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of California, 2004-12 (deputy chief, Major Frauds Section, 2008-10; chief, Criminal Division, 2010-11); private practice, Los Angeles, 2012-14; nominated January 2014, confirmed March 2014
Law School: Stanford Law School, J.D., 1996
Career Highlights: Law clerk, Hon. J. Clifford Wallace, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1996-97; law clerk, Hon. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court of the United States, 1997-98; trial attorney, Office of Consumer Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice, 1998-99; private practice, Washington, D.C., 2000-01; assistant U.S. attorney, Central District of California, 2001-04; assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of California, 2004-12 (deputy chief, Major Frauds Section, 2008-10; chief, Criminal Division, 2010-11); private practice, Los Angeles, 2012-14; nominated January 2014, confirmed March 2014
Law School: Stanford Law School, J.D., 1996
SAN DIEGO - John B. Owens may owe his spot on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to a box of Girl Scout cookies.
Owens was a partner in Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP in February 2013 when he took his daughters out of school to see his old boss, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, give a talk in San Diego. Owens' wife sent along a box of cookies for the justice.
Owens knew Ginsburg was very careful about what she ate and wouldn't want the cookies, s... (continued)
