Background
Osborne, Thomas L. was born on October 10, 1948 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States.
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Thomas L. Osborne
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Paducah Junior College (Associate of Arts, 1968). University of Kentucky (Bachelor of Arts, 1970. Juris Doctor, 1972).
Career
Society for Animal Rights, Inc. v. Schlesinger, 512 F2d 915 (D.C. Cir. 1975); United States v. Bess, 503 F2d 740 (6th Cir. 1979); United States v. Henson, 848 F2d 1374 (6th Cir. 1988); Hammonds v. Ingram Industries, Inc., 716 F2d 365 (6th Cir. 1983); Fite & Warmath Const. Company, Inc. v. MYS Corporation, Ky. 559 SW2d 729 (1977); United States v. Crowder, 691 F2d 280 (6th Cir. 1983).Worked at Sheffer Hoffman (Paducah, Kentucky) specializing in General Civil and Criminal Practice. Litigation. Corporate, Workers Compensation, Probate, Insurance, Utility, Real Property, Banking, Oil and Gas, Coal, Environmental, Administrative, Bankruptcy and Employee Discrimination Law. Commercial Litigation, Commercial Law, Domestic Relations, Health Care and Hospital Law.
Admitted to the bar, 1972, Kentucky. 1974, United States. District Court, Western District of Kentucky. 1975, United States. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
1980, United States. Supreme Court. Phi Delta Phi (Vice Dean, 1971). Order of the Coif. Editorial Board, Kentucky Law Journal, 1971-1972.
Staff, Kentucky Law Journal, 1970-1971. Recipient, Richardson Trial Practice Award, 1972. Legal Intern Program, University of Kentucky School of Law, 1972.
Law Clerk, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1972. Author: "Comment, Parent-Child Immunity--Suit Against Parent's Estate," Volume 59, Kentucky Law Journal 205 (1971). Co-Author: Trial Handbook for Kentucky Lawyers, First Edition, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (1984).
Author: Trial Handbook for Kentucky Lawyers, Second Edition, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (1992). Faculty, University of Kentucky School of Law Trial Practice Institute, 1985-1988. Commonwealth Attorney of McCracken County, 1990-1995.
Kentucky Commonwealth Attorney of the Year, 1993. Member: Louisville, McCracken County, Kentucky (Kentucky Rules of Evidence Study Committee, 1989-1992. House of Delegates, 1992.
Pattern Jury Instructions Committee, 1992. Federal Court Liaison Committee, 1989-1991) and American Bar Associations. Kentucky Academy of Trial Lawyers.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Graduate: National College of Trial Advocacy, 1976. Advanced College of Trial Advocacy, 1978). National Institute of Trial Advocacy (Graduate, 1988).
(Also Practicing Individually). The firm was founded in 1982 by Ronald G. Sheffer and John Stanley Hoffman. Sheffer Hoffman has a regional practice, representing clients throughout western Kentucky and the Louisville and Frankfort areas.
With offices in Owensboro, Henderson, Paducah, Bowling Green and Evansville it is the largest firm in the region. It is one of the largest law firms in Kentucky outside of Louisville and Lexington. The firm has attorneys who concentrate in particular areas to meet the needs of clients, including litigation in state and federal courts, banking, utilities, tax, real estate, corporation, health and hospital law.
Membership
Member: Louisville, McCracken County, Kentucky (Kentucky Rules of Evidence Study Committee, 1989-1992. House of Delegates, 1992. Pattern Jury Instructions Committee, 1992.
Federal Court Liaison Committee, 1989-1991) and American Bar Associations. Kentucky Academy of Trial Lawyers. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Graduate: National College of Trial Advocacy, 1976.
Advanced College of Trial Advocacy, 1978). National Institute of Trial Advocacy (Graduate, 1988). (Also Member of Sheffer Hoffman).
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Awards
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Recipient, Richardson Trial Practice Award, 1972. Legal Intern Program, University of Kentucky School of Law, 1972. Law Clerk, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1972.Recipient, Richardson Trial Practice Award, 1972. Legal Intern Program, University of Kentucky School of Law, 1972. Law Clerk, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1972.