Chris Olson, a civil rights attorney with Olson Law, PLLC, was recognized by North Carolina Lawyers Weekly in its annual listing of the state’s largest verdicts and settlements. Olson claimed the #2 spot for the 2024 list with the $25 million recovery in the wrongful incarceration lawsuit which Olson filed on behalf of Mr. Ronnie...
Chris Olson of Olson Law, PLLC received the 2025 North Carolina Lawyers Weekly “Leaders in the Law” Award in the Newsmaker category. The recognition was based upon Olson’s successful handling of Mr. Ronnie Long’s wrongful incarceration lawsuit. Ronnie Long’s convictions were vacated in August 2020, following an en banc ruling by the Fourth Circuit Court...
Chris Olson of Olson Law, PLLC was named a North Carolina Super Lawyer for 2025. Super Lawyers is a research-driven, peer-influenced rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process for Super Lawyers involves peer nominations and evaluation by attorneys credentialed in the nominee’s...
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...