Practice Emphasis Areas:
Attorney Paul Osborn's practice areas are commercial, banking and bankruptcy law, secured transactions, and family law Education
Mr. Osborn earned his law degree from the University of Illinois in 1980. He was awarded a BSIM undergraduate degree from Purdue University in 1977, where he graduated with honors. Bar Admissions & Associations
Mr. Osborn was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1980. He is also admitted to the United States District Court - Northern District of Illinois. He is a member of the Illinois State and Whiteside County bar associations. He served as the President of the Whiteside County Bar Association in 2003-2004. In addition, he is a member of the Illinois Bankers Association and the American Bankruptcy Institute. Mr. Osborn has been involved with the Illinois State Bar Association, including serving as a member of the Commercial Banking and Bankruptcy Section Council, 1994-2002, Chairperson 2000-01. He is currently the chair of the ISBA's Continuing Legal Education Committee and a member of the Family Law Section Council. Mr. Osborn has been a featured speaker at numerous continuing legal education seminars on bankruptcy and family law matters, and has also lectured at Illinois Bankers Association meetings. In October 2004, he presented programs in Chicago and Bloomington on creative drafting in marital settlement agreements. In April 2005, he spoke in New Orleans on cross-examination techniques; January 2006 in Bloomington, Illinois on dissolution for farmers; October 2006 in Collinsville and Chicago, Illinois on avoiding pitfalls in marital settlement agreements; and in December 2007 in Chicago and Springfield on discovery techniques. Locally, Mr. Osborn served for over 10 years on the board of Winning Wheels, Inc., a residential facility for physically disabled young people. He is also the current President of the Sterling Schools Foundation, which operates an auditorium on the campus of Sterling High School, issues scholarships, awards minigrants to teachers, sponsers Distinguished Alumni awards and publishes a newspaper distributed to alumni at no cost to them.
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