Practice Experience

• Edith Osman practices in the areas of business litigation, matrimonial law, and mediation.
• Ms. Osman has significant experience representing clients in dissolution of marriage proceedings, post-divorce modifications and enforcement, child custody, property evaluation, equitable distribution of marital assets, pre & post nuptial agreements, and paternity actions.
• Ms. Osman is the Practice Group Leader of Carlton Fields' Family Law Practice Group.
• Ms. Osman is a Florida Supreme Certified Civil Mediator and a Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Law Mediator.

Professional and Civic Activities

• Southern Legal Counsel, Board of Directors (2005-present)
• Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, Director (2007-present)
• Miami City Club, Board of Directors (2003-present)
• Florida Women of Achievement, Board of Directors (2002-2006)
• The Women's Fund, Honorary Chair (2003)
• FIU Women's Studies, Advisory Board
• American Bar Association (since 1984)
  House of Delegates, Florida State Delegate  (1998-present)
  House Select Committee (2004-2007)
  Special Commission on Disaster Relief (2007-present)
  Standing Committee on Bar Activities and Services (2003-2007)
  Standing Committee on Independence of the Judiciary (2000-2003)
  Award Event Committee
  ABA Direct Women’s Initiative Sections on: Litigation; Family Law Section; Dispute Resolution, Litigation Tort and Insurance Practice
• National Conference of Bar Association Presidents, Membership Committee (1998-2001)
• American Bar Foundation, Fellow
• The Florida Bar
  President (1999-2000)
  President-Elect (1998-1999)
  Chair, Grievance Mediation Committee (1997-1998)
  Chair, All Bar Conference (1996-1997)
  Investment Committee (1994-1995)
  Vice Chair, Rules & Bylaws Committee (1993-1995)
  Chair, Program Evaluation Committee (1991-1993)
  Executive Committee (1991-1992, 1996-2000)
  Board of Governors (1991-1997)
  Florida Bar Budget Committee (1988-1991, 1996-1998)
  Long Range Planning Committee (1988-1991, 1997)
  Special Committee on the All Bar Conference (1989-1991)
  Chair, Mid Year Florida Bar Convention (1988-1989)
  Voluntary Bar Liaison Committee (1987-1988)
  Chair, Legal Needs of Children Committee (2003-2004)
  Unified Family Court Advisory Committee (2004-2006)
  Special Commission of Lawyer Regular (2003-2006)
• The Florida Bar - Family Law Section
  Executive Council (2001-2006)
  Co-Chair, Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee (2002-2003)
  Legal Education Committee (2002-present)
  Legislation Committee (2001-2002)
  Family Law Rules Committee (2004-2006)
  Membership Committee (2005-2006)
• Southern Conference of Bar Associations (1998-current)
• Florida Bar Foundation, Board of Directors (1998-2000)
• Florida Association of Women Lawyers (FAWL)
  Statewide President (1989-1990)
  Statewide President-Elect (1988-1989)
  President, Dade County Chapter (1987-1988)
  Vice President, Dade County Chapter (1986-1987)
  Director, Dade County Chapter (1985-1986)
• Florida Council of Bar Association Presidents
  President (1991-1992)
  President-Elect (1990-1991)
  Treasurer (1989-1990)
  Director (1987-1989)
• National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations, Director (1989-1991)
• Joint Commission on the Delivery of Legal Services to the Indigent, Commissioner (1990-1991)
• Dade County Bar Association
  Programs Chairman (1988-1989, 1990-1991, 1995-1996)
  Executive Committee (1987-1988)
  Director (1986-1989)
• Florida Supreme Court Historical Society (2005-present)
  Board of Directors (2005-2007)
  Second Vice-President (2007-2008)
  First Vice President (2008-2009)
  President (2009-2010)
• The Commonwealth Institute’s (TCI) South Florida Chapter, Board of Advisors 

Professional Recognition

• Recipient, 2009 Juris Prudence Award, presented by the Anti Defamation League (Watch Judge Alan S. Gold introduce Edith Osman at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16ULz_MP5Mk, or watch Edith Osman's acceptance speech at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSWPsKgZ08o and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDHFWylsULM.)
• AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
• Recipient of the 2007 Women of Impact Award XIX by the Women’s History Coalition of Miami-Dade County
• Listed in Florida Trend magazine's Florida Legal Elite issue (2004, 2006, and 2007)
• Listed as a Top Lawyer in South Florida Legal Guide (2001-2010)
• Selected for inclusion in Florida Super Lawyers (2006 and 2007)
• Beyond Julie’s Daughters: 1975-2000, selected for biographical inclusion (2007)
• Florida Association for Women Lawyer's Women's History Month Honoree (2004)
• Miami Metro Magazine: 100 Women to Watch (2000)
• Judge Mattie Belle Davis Achievement Award (2000)
• Florida Women of Achievement Photographic Exhibit (2000)
• Women Who Make a Difference Award (2000)
• Women's Park Founders Award (2000)
• The Roxy O'Neal Bolton Women's History Gallery (2000)
• ZIFF Museum's Breaking The Glass Award (2000)
• Miami Dade County, In The Company of Women's Award (2000)
• Inaugural Rosemary Barkett Achievement Award (1997)
• Outstanding Past Voluntary Bar President's Award (1996)
• Listed in: Who's Who in the World, in American Women, in American Law, in Emerging Leaders, in South/Southwest, and Strathmore's Who’s Who

BAR ADMISSIONS

• Florida

COURT ADMISSIONS

• Florida State Courts
• United States Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Military Appeals
• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Education

• University of Miami School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1983)
• State University of New York at Stony Brook (B.A.) 

LANGUAGES

• Spanish
• Russian