Background
Olson, Karl was born on November 6, 1952 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Leon and Reeva (Pearlstein) Olson.
Olson, Karl was born on November 6, 1952 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Leon and Reeva (Pearlstein) Olson.
Sonoma State University (Bachelor of Arts, honors, 1975). University of California, Hastings College of the Law (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1982). Order of the Coif. Research Attorney to Justice Joseph Grodin, California Supreme Court, 1983.
Worked at Levy, Ram & Olson Limited Liability Partnership (San Francisco, California) specializing in Media Law and Defamation Defense, Intellectual Property, Insurance Coverage, Consumer Product and Antitrust Class Actions, Environmental Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, Securities Litigation, and Business Law and Litigation at the Trial and Appellate Levels. Admitted to the bar, 1982, California. 1990, United States. Supreme Court.
Order of the Coif.
Company-Author: Advertiser Liability: Soldier of Fortune Cases Take Deadly Aim at Publishers, 11 Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal 383, 1989. Author: Comment, "Johns-Manville Products Corporation v. Superior Court: The Not-So-Exclusive Remedy Rule," 33 Hastings Law Journal 263, 1981.
Research Attorney to Justice Joseph Grodin, California Supreme Court, 1983.
Company-Chair, Western Division, American Bar Association Forum on Communications Law Governing Committee, 1993-1996. Company-Chairman, Bench-Bar-Media Committee, Bar Association of San Francisco, 1991.
Member, Bar Association of San Francisco Bench-Bar-Media Committee, 1982. Previous Employment: Cooper, White & Cooper.
Member: State Bar of California.
Levy, Ram & Olson"s lawyers, all formerly with the San Francisco Law Firm of Morrison & Foerster, are veteran litigators dedicated to the highest standards of professional excellence while maintaining the reasonable billing rates associated with small firm practice. The firm"s lawyers have specialties in media law and defamation defense, intellectual property, consumer product and antitrust class action prosecution, real estate and environmental litigation, insurance coverage and environmental litigation, insurance coverage, and general commercial litigation at both the trial and appellate levels.
Precinct leader Democratic Party, San Francisco, 1988, 92. Member State Bar California, Bar Association San Francisco (co-chairman bench bar-media committee since 1990), Order of Coif, Thurston Honor Society.
Married Caroline M. Grannan, July 1, 1979 (divorced December 1982). Married Carolyn Ann Johnston, January 1, 1990. 1 child, Mark Johnston Olson.