Robert M. Owens

On December 19, 2018 after Owens mounted a failed appeal before the Ohio Supreme Court, the court was not "...convinced that the six-month suspension recommended by the board is the appropriate sanction for Owens’s misconduct" and recommended a year suspension from practicing law. Owens suspension was stayed on the conditions that he must complete a two-hour continuing education class on client-trust-account management and serve a one-year period of monitored probation.

Owens is a member of the Delaware City Charter Review Commission, a panel tasked with reviewing and suggesting changes to the City Charter (the City's Constitution). He filed to run for Attorney General again in 2010 under a Constitution Party label.

The special election for attorney general was created when the previous officeholder, Democrat Marc Dann resigned on May 14, 2008. On May 28, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland appointed Nancy H. Rogers, the Dean of The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, to fill the post until a replacement takes office following the special election. Owens officially announced his candidacy at a press conference at the Ohio Statehouse on June 10, 2008.

On May 27, 2008, Owens filed a nominating petition with over 1300 signatures from 44 of Ohio's 88 counties. Ohio law requires 750 valid signatures to be presented within 10 days of the office being vacated in order for an independent to appear on the ballot.

Owens resides in Delaware, Ohio. He is married to Teri Owens (married May 23, 1998) and has one child.

Robert M. Owens (born August 25, 1973, in Manchester, Connecticut) is a Delaware, Ohio lawyer who ran as an independent candidate for Ohio Attorney General in the November 4, 2008 election. Owens currently serves on the national council of The John Birch Society.