Background
Olson, Wendy Jo was born in 1964 in Pocatello, Idaho, United States.
Olson, Wendy Jo was born in 1964 in Pocatello, Idaho, United States.
Bachelor, Drake University, Des Moines, 1986. Juris Doctor, Stanford Law School, California, 1990.
Intern sports department Los Angeles Times, 1987. Legal intern Media Access Project, Washington, 1988, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, 1989, Student Press Law Center, Arlington, Virginia, 1989. Research assistant Stanford Law School, 1989—1990.
Law clerk to Chief Judge Barbara J. Rothstein United States District Court, Seattle, 1990—1992. Trial attorney civil division United States Department Justice, Washington, 1992—1997, assistant United States attorney district Idaho Boise, 1997—2006, senior litigation counsel, 2006—2010, United States attorney District Idaho, since 2010. Adjunct professor legal writing George Washington University Law School, 1994—1997.