 Theodore
B. Olson is the 42nd Solicitor General of the United States.
He was nominated by President Bush and confirmed by the Senate in 2001 . He
took his oath of office on June 11, 2001.
He was born in Chicago, Illinois, and was educated
in public schools in California. He received his bachelor's
degree cum laude from the University of the
Pacific at Stockton, California, and his law degree
from the University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall).
Mr. Olson served President Reagan as Assistant
Attorney Ceneral for the Office of the Legal Counsel
from 1981 to 1984. Before being named to that post,
he was a partner in the Los Angeles office of
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he practiced constitutional,
media, commercial, and appellate litigation.
After completing his service as Assistant Attorney General,
Mr. Olson returned to Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher,
in its Washington, D.C. office, engaging in the practice
of constitutional and appellate law and general litigation.
Mr. Olson has argued 32 cases before the Supreme
Court of the United States, 14 while in private practice
and 18 while serving in government, including constitutional
and federal statutory cases involving copyright
law, school vouchers, the internet, the 2000 census,
property rights, punitive damages, telecommunications,
criminal law, immigration, federal securities regulation,
the right to a jury trial, due process, voting
rights, equal protection, the ex post facto clause, and the
First Amendment. He is a Fellow of the American
College of Trial Lawyers and of the American Academy
of Appellate Lawyers. |
