Andrew Owens

Andrew Douglas Owens Jr. (born March 21, 1947) is an American attorney, former state court judge, and former college basketball star.

Family Andrew is the son of Andrew Sr. and Doris E. Purcell. His mother, who had played basketball at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia, taught him how to play the sport. He played in seventy-seven prep games, while scoring 1,806 points and averaging 23.5 points per game. In 1968–69, he played with Neal Walk and helped lead the Gators to their first postseason tournament. He was honored as an "SEC Basketball Legend" at halftime of the Florida–Vanderbilt game in 2001.

Law career Owens worked as an attorney in Punta Gorda, Florida after graduating from law school. He was one of the driving forces behind the creation of a Mental Health Court in Sarasota, as well as the Court Intervention Program also known as "Drug Court," a year-long out-patient program for felony drug offenders. He resigned from the court on March 22, 2017.