Ethics in Real Estate Practice: Navigating Conflicts, Confidentiality, and Disclosure Duties

Mr. Osborn earned his Juris Doctor with Distinction in 2007, following a Bachelor of Arts from Texas Christian University in 2003. He is admitted to practice in both Colorado and Nebraska, giving him a cross-jurisdictional platform from which to serve clients throughout the Rocky Mountain and Great Plains regions.

Mr. Osborn's work has earned consistent recognition from the most respected evaluators in the legal profession. He received the AV Preeminent® rating from Martindale-Hubbell in 2014 — the highest possible rating for legal ability and ethical standards — and has maintained that distinction every year since. He was named a Super Lawyers Rising Star from 2018 through 2021 and has been recognized as a Colorado Super Lawyer in 2023, 2024, and 2025. He has also been honored as a Distinguished Faculty Member by the National Business Institute.

A nationally sought-after speaker, Mr. Osborn has delivered well over one hundred continuing legal education programs for organizations including the National Business Institute, the Colorado Bar Association, myLawCLE, WealthCounsel, Halfmoon Education, and the Colorado Real Estate Symposium. His speaking portfolio spans the full breadth of real estate practice, from title insurance, easements, and boundary law to LLC formation, operating agreements, closings, land use, and legal ethics, as well as emerging topics such as the role of generative AI in real estate. He is a recurring presenter at the Colorado Bar Association's Business, Tax, Probate, and Real Estate Luncheon, where he has delivered the annual Real Estate Case Law Update on multiple occasions. As a published author, his work has appeared in The Colorado Lawyer, Probate & Property Magazine (published by the American Bar Association), the Colorado Bar Association Real Estate Law Newsletter, and the Colorado Cattlemen's Association Newsletter, with articles addressing topics such as the use of LLCs to purchase and own rental property, recent Colorado real estate case law, implied easements, and prescriptive easements. In his community, he volunteers as a youth basketball coach.

Before joining Montgomery Little & Soran, Mr. Osborn served as a Deputy District Attorney in El Paso County, Colorado — foundational trial experience that continues to shape his courtroom approach today. Over the course of his career, he has tried 65 cases across a wide spectrum of real estate and commercial matters, including mineral interest disputes, title insurance contract litigation, lender fraud defense, homeowners' association access disputes, fraudulent conveyance actions, construction defect litigation, judicial foreclosure, boundary and easement disputes, defamation defense, arbitrations involving business misappropriation, and defense of professionals against license complaints. His practice focuses on matters involving real estate title and access disputes, title insurance, boundary and partnership disputes, landlord-tenant matters and leases, foreclosures, title agent negligence, liens, easements, real estate purchases and sales, real estate development, operating agreements, real covenants, partitions, zoning compliance, private and inverse condemnation, treasurer's deeds, vacation rental licensing, bad faith claims against title insurance companies, attorney fee disputes, defamation, and professional licensing defense. He serves a diverse client base that includes title insurance underwriters and agents; commercial and residential landlords and tenants; real estate agents, brokers, and brokerages; real estate developers; and medical professionals such as doctors, dentists and orthodontists, rehabilitation facilities, and physical therapy practices — for many of whom he acts as full-service corporate counsel.