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    • Frank C. “Butch” Ellis, Jr.
    • J. Frank Head
    • J. Bentley Owens, III
    • William R. Justice
    • Joshua D. Arnold
    • Grace Graham
    • G. Daniel Head
  • Practice Areas
    • State and Local Government Law
    • Real Property Law
    • Domestic Relations
    • Estate Planning and Probate
    • Labor and Employment Law
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J. Bentley Owens, III

Columbiana, Alabama

(205) 669-6783

bowens@wefhlaw.com

J. Bentley “Bent” Owens, III, has over 40 years of experience in the practice of law, primarily in the areas of State and Local government law, employment litigation, products liability, and personal injury law. He clerked for Judge Clarence W. Allgood in the United States District Court before starting his legal practice in Birmingham in 1981. He has represented more than 50 of Alabama’s cities, counties, and towns in courtrooms throughout the state.  He has also defended more than 100 appeals in the Alabama and federal appellate courts.  His products liability work has involved cases in more than 10 jurisdictions around the United States and Canada.

Education
  • University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., 1979
  • University of Alabama College of Commerce and Business Administration, B.S. Accounting, 1976
Licensed in
  • Alabama
Admitted in
  • United States Supreme Court
  • Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  • Northern District of Alabama
  • Middle District of Alabama
  • Southern District of Alabama
Selected Professional and Community Activities
  • Alabama State Bar
  • Birmingham Bar Association
  • Shelby County Bar Association
  • Alabama Association of Municipal Attorneys
  • Alabama Defense Lawyers Association
  • Defense Research Institute
  • Columbiana Main Street, former President
Our Attorneys
  • Frank C. “Butch” Ellis, Jr.
  • J. Frank Head
  • J. Bentley Owens, III
  • William R. Justice
  • Joshua D. Arnold
  • Grace Graham
  • G. Daniel Head
Paralegals & Staff Assistants

Kim Foster
kfoster@wefhlaw.com

Tammy Seale
tseale@wefhlaw.com

Tina Bray
tbray@wefhlaw.com

 

 

Our Attorneys
  • Frank C. “Butch” Ellis, Jr.
  • J. Frank Head
  • J. Bentley Owens, III
  • William R. Justice
 
  • Joshua D. Arnold
  • Grace Graham
  • G. Daniel Head
Contact Us
P.O. Box 587
Columbiana, AL 35051
(205) 669-6783

No representation is made that the quality of the legal services to be performed is greater than the quality of legal services performed by other lawyers.

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  • Home
  • About the Firm
  • Our Attorneys
    • Frank C. “Butch” Ellis, Jr.
    • J. Frank Head
    • J. Bentley Owens, III
    • William R. Justice
    • Joshua D. Arnold
    • Grace Graham
    • G. Daniel Head
  • Practice Areas
    • State and Local Government Law
    • Real Property Law
    • Domestic Relations
    • Estate Planning and Probate
    • Labor and Employment Law
    • Appellate Practice
    • Worker’s Compensation
    • Criminal
    • Civil Litigation
  • Contact Us