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Karl Olson
Levy, Ram & Olson- Employment Law, Products Liability, Trademarks
- California
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Practice Areas
- Employment Law
- Products Liability
- Trademarks
Additional Practice Areas
- Consumer class actions
- Media/First Amendment
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- California
- 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
Languages
- English: Spoken, Written
Professional Experience
- Partner
- Ram, Olson, Cereghino & Kopczynski
- Current
Education
- University of California - Hastings College of the Law
- J.D. / Law
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- 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
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- Activities: Founded and edited college newspaper, the Sonoma State Morning Glory. Worked on several newspapers during college.
Awards
- Freedom of Information Award
- California Newspaper Publishers Association
- America's Leading Business Lawyers - Media & Entertainment Litigation
- Chambers USA
- 2004, 2005. 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009
- James Madison Award for legal counsel
- Northern California Society of Professional Journalists
- 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
Professional Associations
- 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
- - Current
Websites & Blogs
- Website
- Karl Olson's Website Profile
- Website
- Ram, Olson, Cereghino & Kopczynski Website
- Blog
- First Amendment Lawyer Blog
- Judges Aren’t Politicians, High Court Says
4 May 2015 - Swastika Display Triggers Hate Speech Debate
27 February 2015 - High Court Protects Public Employee Whistleblowers
21 June 2014 - Will Congress Shield News Media?
16 June 2014 - Can Smartphones Conceal Officials’ Dumb Comments?
26 February 2014 - California Regents Coddle Billionaires
17 February 2014 - Bloggers Protected Like Other Journalists
5 February 2014 - Court Strikes Down Law Banning Lies About Medals
30 June 2012 - Final Shot Fired in California Pension Transparency Battle?
4 January 2012
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