Churchill Owen
In 1926, after law school, J. Churchill Owen went to work for the Denver law firm of Dines, Dines, and Holme and became a partner in the firm in 1932. The firm changed its name as the years progressed, becoming Holme, Roberts & Owen (HRO) in 1960. Church was still with the firm at the time of his death in 1992.
His particular fields of legal expertise were estate and trust and corporate and banking law. Church helped start the United Banks of Colorado, serving as Director of the United Banks of Colorado from 1948 to 1974. He was also on the Board of Directors of Argo Oil Company and Midwest Oil Corporation.
Church also served on the Advisory Board of the Dow Jones Company, the publisher of The Wall Street Journal. During World War II, he and his family moved to Washington, D.C., where he served as a "dollar a year man" for the United States, essentially donating his services. He was an attorney for the War Production Board in charge of mineral procurement from 1942-1945. He returned to his Denver law practice immediately after the war. Church led and energized the law firm's banking, corporate, natural resources, intellectual property, and telecommunication practice areas.
In 1976, HRO founded the J. Churchill Owen Endowment Scholarship Fund at the University of Denver College of Law in recognition of Church’s fifty years in law practice in Colorado as an HRO partner and his role in the education of young lawyers. The primary recipients of the scholarship are intended to be University of Denver law students who are former members of the Clubs.
Throughout his career, Church was active in recruiting and training young lawyers. He always thought Denver and Colorado were full of opportunities for youthful lawyers, relishing the city and state's future.
His particular fields of legal expertise were estate and trust and corporate and banking law. Church helped start the United Banks of Colorado, serving as Director of the United Banks of Colorado from 1948 to 1974. He was also on the Board of Directors of Argo Oil Company and Midwest Oil Corporation.
Church also served on the Advisory Board of the Dow Jones Company, the publisher of The Wall Street Journal. During World War II, he and his family moved to Washington, D.C., where he served as a "dollar a year man" for the United States, essentially donating his services. He was an attorney for the War Production Board in charge of mineral procurement from 1942-1945. He returned to his Denver law practice immediately after the war. Church led and energized the law firm's banking, corporate, natural resources, intellectual property, and telecommunication practice areas.
In 1976, HRO founded the J. Churchill Owen Endowment Scholarship Fund at the University of Denver College of Law in recognition of Church’s fifty years in law practice in Colorado as an HRO partner and his role in the education of young lawyers. The primary recipients of the scholarship are intended to be University of Denver law students who are former members of the Clubs.
Throughout his career, Church was active in recruiting and training young lawyers. He always thought Denver and Colorado were full of opportunities for youthful lawyers, relishing the city and state's future.