Per Olson practices exclusively criminal defense in state
and federal court. He takes on a wide
variety of cases from misdemeanors to major felonies, including DUII, fraud and
theft, violent crimes, sex crimes, white collar crimes, drug crimes, and other
interstate and transnational crimes. Per
has obtained multiple acquittals for his clients in state and federal
court.
Per graduated magna cum laude from Willamette
University in Salem, and then attended Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland
where he graduated cum laude in 1993.
Per served as the law clerk for Circuit Court Judge Robert W. Redding
(1994-1995) and then for Oregon Supreme Court Justice George A. Van Hoomissen
(1995-1997). Per joined the firm in
1998, and became a shareholder in 2005.
Per is a member of the Oregon State Bar and the Washington
State Bar Association. He is also
admitted to the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, the
United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, the Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States Tax Court, and the United States
Supreme Court. Per is a member of the
Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the National Association of
Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the Multnomah Bar Association. He has sat on the Pro Bono Committee of the
Oregon State Bar's New Lawyer Division and the Group
Insurance Committee of the Multnomah Bar Association. He has written an amicus brief for the
ACLU of Oregon, and he is a past board member of Hands On Portland, a nonprofit
organization that promotes volunteering in the community.