Mr. Olson is a trial attorney with substantial trial, appellate, arbitration, and mediation experience. He has represented local and national companies, as well as individuals, in numerous complex commercial litigation matters, including contract, securities, antitrust, real estate, and employment disputes. Mr. Olson has also developed expertise in public education law.

Mr. Olson is admitted to all state and federal courts sitting in the State of Utah, as well as the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Before joining the firm, he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Utah Law Review and as law clerk to Justice Leonard H. Russon of the Utah Supreme Court. During law school, Mr. Olson began his legal career as the firm's first summer associate.

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Chairman, Recruiting Committee

COMMUNITY INVOVEMENT

• Judge Pro Tempore, Salt Lake City Justice Court (2002 to Present)
• President and Founding Board Member of Canyon Rim Academy, a community charter school located in Salt Lake County (2006 to Present)
• Member of University of Utah College of Law Young Alumni Board (2006 to Present)
• Member of Grants Committee of Utah State Charter School Board (2007 to Present)

• Jacobsen Constr. Co. v. Teton Builders, 2005 UT 4 (refining rational nexus test for enforcement of forum selection clauses in Utah and adopting rule for consent to jurisdiction by implication)
• Still Standing Stable, LLC v. Allen, 2005 UT 46 (reversing trial court's award of attorney fees against client represented at trial by previous counsel)
• Aris Vision Institute, Inc. v. Wasatch Property Mgmt., Inc., 2005 UT App 326, 121 P.3d 24 (affirming trial court's judgment in favor of commercial tenant client and against landlord for conversion, wrongful eviction, and forcible detainer, which included an award of costs, attorney fees, and treble damages, and an abatement in future rents due under the lease agreement)
• Aris Vision Institute, Inc. v. Wasatch Property Mgmt., Inc., 2006 UT 38 (affirming decision of Utah Court of Appeals)
• 51-SPR-LLC v. Ellsworth Paulsen Constr. Co., 2006 UT App 353 (reversing several trial court rulings in complex commercial construction case, including issues relating to joint venture, mechanic's lien timeliness, lien waivers, and indemnification)
• Phone Directories Co. v. Clark, No. 05-4257, 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 31525 (10th Cir. 2006) (affirming award of sanctions to client in copyright infringement and unfair competition case where opposing party violated injunction)
• TruGreen Companies, L.L.C. v. Scotts Lawn Service, 508 F. Supp. 2d 937 (D. Utah 2007) (Cassell, J.); see also 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41914 (entering summary judgment against TruGreen on claims brought against former TruGreen employees and their new employer for tortious interference, breach of noncompetition, nondisclosure, nonsolicitation, and noninterference covenants, and punitive damages; denying TruGreen's motion for summary judgment; and striking under Daubert TruGreen's expert damages report).