Before joining the firm as Of Counsel, Mr. Osborne was a partner in the firm of Osborne & Deutsch, where he maintained 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 also worked as a mediator in the local courts and in his practice.

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 for many years. 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 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 is Special Counsel for Higher Education for the American Federation of Teachers, and has in the past served 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 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, and one grandchild.

Email: wosborne@findjustice.com