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Mr.
Osborne received his B.A. from Trinity College and his J.D. from New
York University School of Law. He is a member of the Advisory
Board of New York University’s Center for Labor and Employment
Law. He has served as Special Counsel for Higher Education for
the American
Federation of Teachers, and as counsel for the
Air Line Pilots Association, International and the American Association
of University Professors. Earlier on, he worked in the Office of
the Solicitor of Labor, the Legal Services Program and as a consultant
to the Office of Economic Opportunity.
Mr.
Osborne maintains a general civil practice concentrated in labor and
employment law, including both traditional labor-management relations
and counseling and litigation in connection with disputes between
employers and individuals in the non-union setting. Mr. Osborne
has served as Co-chair of the Labor Relations Section of the
District of Columbia Bar, as well as Co-Chair of the Section's
Subcommittees on Equal Employment Opportunity and Individual Rights and
Responsibilities in the Workplace. Since 1988, Mr. Osborne has
been a member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington
Employment Lawyers Association and Chair of its Amicus Brief
Committee. He has also served as President of that
Association. Mr. Osborne has authored numerous briefs amicus
curiae in cases raising important issues of employment law. Mr. Osborne
has also been an active contributor to continuing legal education
programs in the areas of labor and employment law. His articles
and publications include: When Employers Misfire, Legal Times,
May 18, 1998; The Effect of the Americans With Disabilities
Act on Employer-Sponsored Health Plans, District of Columbia Bar,
Labor Relations Section (Commerce Clearing House, Sept.
1993)(co-author); Whistle Blowers and D.C.'s Public Policy Tort,
The Washington Lawyer, July/August 1992(co-author); Commentary: in
Faculty & Teacher Bargaining, The Impact of Unions on Education,
George Angell, Ed., Lexington Books 1981; The Need for Legislation
After Yeshiva, Journal of Law & Education, October 1980; and A
Primer on Collective Bargaining for College and University Faculty,(American
Association of University Professors, 1975)(co-author).
Mr.
Osborne and his wife, Jane, reside in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of
Washington, D.C. and are active in a wide range of community
activities. Mr. Osborne has three children, Woodley, Jr., Susan
and Jenny.
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