Theodore B Olson

Former US Solicitor General; partner, Gibson Dunn

Theodore B. Olson is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Washington, D.C. office, a member of the firm's Executive Committee, Co-Chair of the Appellate and Constitutional Law Group and the firm's Crisis Management Team. Mr. Olson was Solicitor General of the United States during the period 2001-2004. From 1981-1984 he was Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Office of Legal Counsel in the U.S. Department of Justice. Except for those two intervals, he has been a lawyer with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. since 1965. Mr. Olson has served as private counsel to two Presidents, Ronald W. Reagan and George W. Bush, in addition to serving those two Presidents in high-level positions in the Department of Justice. Mr. Olson received his law degree in 1965 from the University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall) where he was a member of the California Law Review and Order of the Coif. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of the Pacific in 1962,

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Business Positions

Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

• Partner ('04→?)

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Los Angeles office The original office of Gibson Dunn

• partner ('65→?)

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP Heavy hitting corporate lawyers & lobbying firm

• lawyer ('65→?)

Board Memberships

Administrative Conference of the United States Independent federal agency dedicated to improving the administrative process

• Council Member

Cato Institute Libertarian think tank based in Washington, DC

• Board Member (past)

Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

• Board Member ('06→'08)

Positions

Washington Legal Foundation nonprofit legal foundation

• legal policy advisory board member

In the office of

Ronald Reagan 40th US president

• Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel ('81→'84)

Government Positions

Office of the Solicitor General Assistant to the U.S. DOJ Attorney General

• Solicitor General ('01→'04)

Office of Legal Counsel DOJ office

• Assistant Attorney General ('81→'84)

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

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National Republican Senatorial Committee Campaign committee for Republican U.S. Senate candidates

• 9 contributions · 224,100 USD ('92→Feb 22 '16)

Republican National Committee U.S. political committee that leads the Republican Party of the U.S., a/k/a The Grand Ol' Party/GOP

• 12 contributions · 145,800 USD (Oct 8 '92→May 18 '15)

Right to Rise USA Jeb Bush's super PAC

• 3 contributions · 47,073 USD (Feb 17 '15→May 2 '16)

National Republican Congressional Committee

• 8 contributions · 32,000 USD ('93→May 20 '16)

Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte

• 2 contributions · 20,000 USD (May 20 '16)

Mitt Romney U.S. senator from Utah, former Massachusetts governor

• 3 contributions · 15,000 USD ('12→Jun 4 '12)

John McCain US Senator and Representative from Arizona

• 11 contributions · 11,600 USD ('08→Nov 18 '15)

Bud Shuster US Representative from Pennsylvania

• 15 contributions · 11,000 USD ('89→Mar 22 '00)

Paul Ryan Former US Representative from Wisconsin

• 4 contributions · 10,600 USD (May 13 '13→May 20 '16)

Barbara Comstock Former US Representative from Virgina (2015-2019)

• 4 contributions · 10,500 USD (Jan 21 '14→Nov 16 '15)

Memberships

American College of Trial Lawyers Professional organization of trial lawyers

• Member

Order of the Coif Honorary Scholastic Society

• Member

Federalist Society An organization of conservatives and libertarians seeking reform of the current American legal system in accordance with a textualist or originalist interpretation of the U.S. Constitution.

• Member