About the author

• Author: Beth D. Osowski
• Pages: 25-25

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Beth Driscoll Osowski graduated summa cum laude from the

University of North Dakota in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science in

Education and received a Juris Doctorate with Distinction from the

University of North Dakota School of Law in 1993, after having been

ranked first in her class all three years. She served as Case Comment

Editor and published author for the North Dakota Law Review, was

awarded Moot Court Champion and “Best Oralist,” and was inducted

into the Order of the Coif.

Since law school, Osowski has practiced law in the state of

Wisconsin, representing civil litigants in many areas, including motor

vehicle accidents, premises and product liability, medical and legal mal-

practice, contract and business litigation, construction disputes, will con-

tests, real estate, and landlord/tenant matters. She has presented many

legal seminars as well as authored dozens of outlines for continuing

legal education courses, including: Trial Techniques, Selecting a Jury,

Themes for Maximum Jury Appeal, Quantifying Pain and Suffering

Damages for the Jury, Expert Witnesses, Crossing the Defense Medical

Examiner at Trial, Rebuttals, Problematic Jury Deliberations, Building the Plaintiff’s Case, Nuts and Bolts of

Discovery, Pros and Cons of ADR, ERISA Subrogation, Construction Cases, Premises Liability Cases, Legal

Malpractice, Tort Reform, and Civility. She is a frequent guest on the local public television show, It’s Your Law.

In 2007, she received what is believed to be the largest jury verdict in her county’s history on a premises liability

personal injury case.

Osowski is a member of the Winnebago County Bar Association, the State Bar of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin

Association for Justice, the American Association for Justice, and the American Bar Association. She serves as a dis-

trict committee member for the Wisconsin Office of Lawyer Regulation, is on the board of directors for the Wisconsin

Association for Justice, is on the Litigation Section Board for the State Bar of Wisconsin, and serves as Chair for the

City of Oshkosh Board of Review.

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