TIMOTHY M. OSBORN
Osborn Law
2200 Truxtun Avenue
Bakersfield, CA 93301
(661) 322-7400
Practice Areas
Personal Injury
Wrongful Death
Major Accidents
Bar Admission
State Bar of California, 2005
Education
California State University Fresno, 2001, cum laude
Pepperdine University School of Law 2005, J.D.
Professional Associations
Kern County Bar Association
Los Angeles County Bar Association
Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC)
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA)
American Bar Association
Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Honors and Awards
AV Preeminent Rating – Martindale Hubbell
Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers Rising Stars Southern California
Super Lawyers Up And Coming 100
Top 40 Litigators Under 40 in California – American Society of Legal Advocates
Clients’ Choice Award – AVVO.com
10.0 Superb Rating (Personal Injury) – AVVO.com
Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
20 Under 40 People To Watch (2015) – Bakersfield Life Magazine
Top 50 Verdicts Award – topverdicts.com
Golden Advocate Award – DK Global
In 2008 Tim Osborn started his own practice as a Bakersfield personal injury attorney with just one personal injury client and no staff. Since that time, Bakersfield personal injury attorney, Tim Osborn’s practice has rapidly grown to become one of the most successful personal injury practices in the San Joaquin Valley. As a local Bakersfield personal injury attorney, Tim Osborn regularly handles a wide array of personal injury and wrongful death cases, including cases involving major trucking and car accidents, fires and explosions, injuries at work caused by third-party negligence, brain and spine injury cases and cases against commercial enterprises for failure to protect their patrons from third-party assault and battery. Mr. Osborn also handles insurance bad faith cases and has experience in litigating products liability cases. Mr. Osborn has litigated personal injury and wrongful death cases in nearly every county in California and several other western states. To date he has obtained more than eight figures in settlements and verdicts on behalf of his personal injury and wrongful death clients.
Tim is believed to be the youngest personal injury attorney in Kern County history to receive the prestigious “AV Preeminent” rating from Martindale-Hubbell. The AV Preeminent rating is the highest rating available from Martindale and it indicates that the recipient’s peers rank him at the highest level of professional excellence. Tim is also the only Bakersfield personal injury and wrongful death lawyer to have been named to Super Lawyers Magazine’s Southern California “Up-and-Coming 100” list every year since its inception in 2014. That list is comprised of the magazine’s 100 highest rated lawyers under 40 in Southern California and it is featured annually in the Super Lawyers Rising Stars edition. In addition, Tim is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, two of the most highly regarded groups of trial lawyers in the United States, whose members have won million dollar and multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements and whose membership consists of fewer than 1 percent of U.S. lawyers. Tim is a recipient of the “Client’s Choice Award” from AVVO.com and he has a “10.0 Superb” rating from that website.
Tim and the firm are proud to be actively involved in the community. Tim is a member of the board of directors of JJ’s Legacy, a non-profit organization that provides education and creates awareness regarding the importance of organ and tissue donation. Tim became involved with JJ’s Legacy after representing the family of “JJ” (the young man for whom JJ’s Legacy is named) in a wrongful death case following a tragic auto accident. Tim also serves on the board of directors of the Friends of Mercy Foundation, a non-profit organization whose purpose is to raise and administer philanthropic funds for Mercy Hospital Downtown and Mercy Hospital Southwest in Bakersfield. Osborn Law has contributed to numerous charities over the years, including, but not limited to, The American Cancer Society, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Boys & Girls Club, Bakersfield Homeless Center, The Wounded Heroes Fund of Kern County, JJ’s Legacy, the Friends of Mercy Foundation, the Legacy Circle at Mercy, Brain Injury Association of California, the CSU Bakersfield Foundation, the Women’s Club of Bakersfield, Saint Agnes Foundation of Fresno, St. Baldrick’s Pediatric Cancer Foundation, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Active 20-40 Club of Bakersfield, Scleroderma Foundation of Southern California, Alzheimers Disease Association of Kern County, CASA of Kern County, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Tulare Basin Wetlands Association, California Waterfowl Association, Ducks Unlimited, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Safari Club International and many more.
Tim obtained his Juris Doctor from Pepperdine University. Prior to law school, Tim obtained his bachelor’s degree cum laude from Fresno State, where he attended on a football scholarship and was a three-time member of the Academic All Western Athletic Conference Team. He is an avid hunter and outdoorsman, and he enjoys traveling, watching just about any sport, wine tasting, and spending time with his family and black Labrador Retriever, Lucky.