Joseph Osborne
Founder and Managing Partner | Osborne, Francis & Pettis
Joseph Osborne is a mass torts, product liability and medical malpractice trial lawyer and founder and managing partner of Osborne, Francis & Pettis in Boca Raton, Florida. J.D., University of Florida Levin College of Law (1990).
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Suite 175
Boca Raton, Florida 33432
Joseph “Joe” Osborne is a founder and the managing partner of Osborne, Francis & Pettis, a Florida plaintiffs’ firm based in Boca Raton. He concentrates on mass torts and product liability, representing people injured by defective medical devices and dangerous drugs, and also handles medical malpractice claims.
Osborne earned a bachelor’s degree from Brown University in 1987 and a law degree from the University of Florida in 1990, and he was admitted to The Florida Bar in 1991. He spent 18 years as a partner at Babbitt, Johnson, Osborne & LeClainche before opening Osborne & Associates in 2015, which became Osborne & Francis in 2018 and later Osborne, Francis & Pettis.
As lead counsel, he won a $26.7 million verdict in 2014 in the Southern District of Florida for four women hurt by a pelvic mesh product. He has held leadership posts in several federal multidistrict litigations involving hip implants, pelvic repair systems, IVC filters and the drug Trasylol. He has been listed in Super Lawyers since 2011 and in The Best Lawyers in America since 2015.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- J.D., University of Florida, 1990
- Bachelor's degree, Brown University, 1987
- The Florida Bar, 1991
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
Practice Areas
- The National Trial Lawyers (Civil Plaintiff Executive Committee)
- American Association for Justice
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- The Best Lawyers in America (2015-2027)
- Super Lawyers (2011-2026)
- Florida Trend Legal Elite Notable, Managing Partner (2026)
- Finalist, Daily Business Review Lawyer of the Year (2010)
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 100
- $26.7 Million Verdict: As lead counsel in the Southern District of Florida in November 2014, won a verdict for four clients injured by Boston Scientific's Pinnacle pelvic floor repair kit.
- Verdict of More Than $2 Million: Obtained a March 2017 verdict against Zimmer in Albuquerque, New Mexico, over the premature failure of a hip implant.
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