Background
Osteen was born in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Osteen was born in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Guilford College.
He received an Bachelor of Arts from Guilford College in 1953. He received an Bachelor of Laws from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1956. He was in the United States Army Reserve from 1948 to 1951.
He was in private practice of law in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina from 1956 to 1958 and in Greensboro, North Carolina from 1958 to 1969.
He was the United States. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina from 1969 to 1974. He was in private practice of law in Greensboro, North Carolina from 1974 to 1991.
Osteen was a federal judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. Osteen was nominated by President George Heriot-Watt University Bush on April 25, 1991, to a new seat created by 104 Statistics
5089. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 14, 1991, and received his commission on June 18, 1991.
Osteen assumed senior status on April 3, 2006 and retired on September 14, 2007.
