Owen Smith helps companies investigate and resolve their most challenging disputes.

Owen represents organizations in civil litigation and white-collar enforcement matters. Owen has helped some of the world’s most prominent companies address and resolve complex, high-stakes, and novel disputes with private and government entities. Clients he has represented include Fortune 500 companies, leading wireless carriers, AI startups, and a professional sports league. With every matter, Owen partners with his clients to understand not only the dynamics of the individual disputes, but also the nuances of their industry and business operations. This approach has resulted in successful outcomes for his clients on a range of matters—from highly-technical issues regarding telecommunications, AI, and emerging technologies, to fact-dependent commercial disputes, such as defending a major university in a Title IX case and representing commercial companies in high-stakes breach of contract and theft of trade-secrets cases.

Litigation
Owen represents plaintiffs and defendants in civil and commercial litigation, including complex business, contract, and regulatory disputes. His work spans high-value commercial, tort, Title IX, intellectual property, and telecommunications matters, and he has secured dismissals, favorable settlements, and efficient resolutions for clients facing substantial financial and reputational risk.

Investigations and Enforcement
When organizations require an internal investigation, or government agencies initiate investigations and enforcement actions, they turn to Owen for strategic defense. His experience includes conducting internal investigations for and defending a range of organizations, from leading wireless carriers responding to allegations of regulatory violations to private companies and AI startups. Owen frequently defends technology and telecommunications companies in enforcement actions, including concurrent investigations by the Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Office of Inspector General, state attorneys general, and state regulatory commissions. He has defended against one of the largest enforcement actions in FCC history on behalf of a technology and telecommunications company.

Telecommunications
Emerging and established communications and technology companies look to Owen for counsel on compliance with the Communications Act and other federal and state telecommunications laws. He has experience advising a wide range of telecommunications providers on market entry, regulatory strategy and compliance, and operational issues, including video conferencing, VoIP, enterprise communications, investor relations technology, and contact center companies.

Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies
Owen advises companies on the use and governance of AI and emerging technologies. He counsels organizations on intellectual property, copyright, and trademark issues related to proprietary AI systems, as well as developing Terms of Service and Privacy Policies for AI products operating across multiple jurisdictions. Owen has also successfully resolved numerous AI-related disputes without requiring his clients to undertake costly and burdensome litigation.

Before entering private practice, Owen clerked for the Honorable Deborah K. Chasanow of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Kim McLane Wardlaw of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and worked in the Management Council of the National Football League (NFL).

Owen received his J.D. from UCLA School of Law and his B.A. from the University of Maryland, where he was an NCAA Division I student-athlete.

Admitted to practice only in the listed jurisdictions.