Karl Olson

Products Liability

Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts

Trademarks

Trademark Litigation, Trademark Registration

Real Estate Law

Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law

Environmental Law

• Consumer class actions
• Media/First Amendment

California

Since 1982

9th Circuit

U.S. District Court, Central District of California

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California

U.S. District Court, Northern District of California

Partner

Cannata, O'Toole, Fickes & Almazan, LLP

Current

University of California Hastings College of the Law

J.D. | Law

1979 - 1982

Honors: Graduated magna cum laude. Member, Thurston Society and Order of the Coif. Articles editor, Hastings Law Journal.

Activities: Served as extern for California Supreme Court Justice Stanley Mosk in spring of 1982.

California State University - Sonoma State University

B.A. | English

1970 - 1975

Activities: Founded and edited college newspaper, the Sonoma State Morning Glory. Worked on several newspapers during college.

Freedom of Information Award

California Newspaper Publishers Association

2012

America's Leading Business Lawyers - Media & Entertainment Litigation

Chambers USA

2009

2004, 2005. 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009

James Madison Award for legal counsel

Northern California Society of Professional Journalists

2005

Won James Madison Award given annually to one legal counsel by Northern California Society of Professional Journalists in 2005

Northern California SuperLawyer - Media/First Amendment

San Francisco Magazine

San Francisco Bar Association

Member, Bench-Bar-Media Committee

Current

ABA Forum on Communications Law

Past Member, Governing Committee

Current

California State Bar  # 104760

Member

1982 - Current