[5] Owens then worked as a trial attorney for the United States Department of Justice's Office of Consumer Litigation.

[6] From January 2012 until April 2014, Owens was a litigation partner in the Los Angeles office of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP.

[1] On August 1, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Owens to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

[1] He filled the seat that was vacated by Judge Stephen S. Trott, who assumed senior status on December 31, 2004.

On March 27, 2014, the United States Senate invoked cloture on Owens' nomination by a 54–44 vote.