Attorney Biography

The Iowa injury attorneys at Olson Law Office P.C. provide aggressive representation in personal injury cases for injured clients seeking the compensation they deserve for their injuries.

Alan O. Olson is an IOWA auto accident lawyer focused on accidents.

Email address: aoo@olson-law.net |  Phone: 515-271-9100

Areas of practice

• Personal injury
• Personal injury appeals
• Personal injury mediation
• Nursing home abuse
• Nursing home negligence
• Hospital negligence
• Medical malpractice
• Nursing malpractice
• Birth trauma
• Chiropractors malpractice
• Cosmetic surgery malpractice

Admitted to practice

• Supreme Court of Iowa, 1993
• U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1995
• U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, 1995
• U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, 1994

Awards

• AV® Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review RatingsSM
• Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers™
• National Order of Barristers, Thomson West Solo/Small Firm National Advisory Committee, 2004–present
• American Mock Trial Association, Judges Hall of Fame, Inductee, 1999
• Joint Trial Advocacy College, Graduate, 1995
• Chief Justice W.W. Reynoldson Award, Recipient, 1993
• Asst. Editor, Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers Trial Handbook, Cumulative Supplement, 1993

Bar Association

• Chair, House of Delegates Technology & Communication Committee, 2004
• Presenter, House of Delegates New Delegate Orientation, 2003, 2005
• Resolution Speaker/Sponsor, House of Delegates, 2003
• Section/Division Delegates Caucus Leader, House of Delegates, 2003
• Standing Committee on Continuing Legal Education, 2004
• American Bar Foundation, Iowa State Chair, 2004
• American Bar Foundation, Fellow, 2004
• General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division, 2003
• Council, 2004
• Deputy Chair, Revenue Development Committee, 2005
• Chair, Corporate Sponsors Committee, 2003
• Section of Litigation, 1995
• Section of Trial, Tort and Insurance Practice, 1995

Education

• Drake Law School, Juris Doctorate, 1992
• Drake University, Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, cum laude, 1989
• President, Honors Program, 1987–1989
• Law Clerk, Hon. Dick R. Schlegel, Iowa Court of Appeals, 1992-94

Olson Law Office, P.C.
3116 Ingersoll Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa 50312-3910
(866) 576-6529