Melissa Osborne

Representative Osborne is serving her second term as the State Representative of the 16th House District, proudly representing the people of Simsbury in the General Assembly.

Representative Osborne is the founder and managing attorney of her own family and divorce law practice in Avon, which she has run since 2011. As an attorney whose career has spanned twenty-seven years, she has extensive experience in everything from corporate and private equity real estate transactions and joint venture implementation to representing Connecticut's most vulnerable children and families. Representative Osborne brings her broad range of experience to bear in addressing the state's most pressing economic and social challenges.

Representative Osborne has been an active volunteer in her community, where she served on Simsbury's Zoning Commission, Charter Revision Commission and Clean Energy Task Force. In the legal arena, she served as Vice-Chair of the Child Welfare and Juvenile Law Committee of the Connecticut Bar Association and on the Legislative Subcommittee of its Family Law Section, and is a member of the Simsbury Regional and the Hartford County Bar Associations.

Representative Osborne serves on the General Law, Government Administration and Elections, of which she is the Vice Chair, and Judiciary Committees.

Representative Osborne lives in Simsbury and is the proud mother of four grown children and a spoiled Golden Retriever, Boone.