Mr. Osthimer focuses his practice on litigation in the areas of aviation, products liability, toxic torts, professional errors and omissions, and business and commercial matters. He has extensive experience managing mass tort litigation for major corporations including pharmaceutical, commercial aviation, chemicals, and asbestos. He has tried cases in state and federal district courts throughout California, as well as in other states and federal jurisdictions.
Mr. Osthimer has been listed among The Best Lawyers in America® in the fields of Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions -Defendants, and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants from 2013 to the present. He has also been recognized by Law & Politics magazine as a Northern California Super Lawyer for General Litigation, 2009-2018 as well as being named a "Super Lawyer" by San Francisco magazine from 2004 to the present.
- University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco, Juris Doctor (1971)
- California
- United States District Court, All California Districts
- United States Supreme Court
- Product Liability Advisory Council and Federation of Corporate and Defense Counsel
- American Bar Association: TIPS Section; Former Vice Chairman, Toxic and Hazardous Substances and Environmental Law Committee
- State Bar of California
- Bar Association of San Francisco
- Defense Research Institute
- Northern California Association of Defense Counsel
- Trial Attorneys of America
- The Best Lawyers in America® in the fields of Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions -Defendants; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants from 2013 to the present
- Law & Politics magazine as a Northern California Super Lawyer for General Litigation, 2009-2018
- "Super Lawyer" by San Francisco magazine from 2004 to the present