The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued an important ruling on transgender healthcare and the Equal Protection Clause. The case, Kadel v. Folwell, (No. 22-1721, 4th Cir. Apr. 29, 2024), involved the North Carolina and West Virginia State Health Plans. In recent years, the state administrators of both healthcare insurance plans made changes to...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently issued an important ruling in the area of equality with respect to educational opportunities. The case, B.P.J. v. West Virginia State Bd. of Educ., et al., (No. 23-1078, 4th Cir. Apr. 16, 2024), involved a 13-year-old girl (BPJ) who wanted to participate on her middle...
The founding partner of Olson Law, PLLC, Chris Olson, was featured in the 2024 edition of NC Super Lawyers. The article, titled “Work Worth Doing,” profiled Olson’s two-decade career of fighting for the rights of those whose voices for too long went unheard. Olson sat for an interview late in 2023 for the recently published...
The Georgia Legislature ended its 2023 legislative session on March 28, 2023, without passing bills aimed at providing compensation for individuals who were wrongfully incarcerated in the state. The Legislature’s failure to act means that Georgia will remain one of only 13 jurisdictions without any statute that provides any monetary compensation for victims of wrongful...
The record settlement of $25 million in the Ronnie Long case was recently spotlighted in both North Carolina Lawyers Weekly and the Q1 edition of North Carolina Advocates for Justice’s Trial Briefs. Chris Olson, founding partner of Olson Law, PLLC, represented Mr. Long both during his fight to win his freedom and throughout the civil...