James Owens

James Owens is currently the Deputy General Counsel at Nuro. James has previously worked as an Associate at Sidley Austin LLP from August 2006 to March 2012, a Law Clerk to Chief Judge Danny J. Boggs at the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit from August 2005 to August 2006, an Instructor and Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of Theirtory at the University of Virginia from August 1996 to May 2003, and as Head of Regulatory at Nuro from June 2021 to December 2021. James has also worked as an Associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP from November 2003 to July 2005 and May 2002 to August 2002, and as a Summer Associate at Carroll, Burdick & McDonough LLP from May 2001 to August 2001. From March 2012 to January 2017, they served as Attorney Advisor in the Office of Enforcement, Division of Investigations at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. James then served as Deputy General Counsel (Acting General Counsel Aug. 2017-Nov. 2017) at the U.S. Department of Transportation from August 2017 to August 2019.

James Owens has a PhD from the University of Virginia, a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law, an MA from the University of Virginia, and a BA from James Madison University.

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