Theodore Olson
American lawyer
Theodore Bevry Olson (born September 11, 1940) is an American lawyer. Olson served as United States Solicitor General (June 2001-July 2004) under President George W. Bush.[1]
Theodore Olson | |
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| 42nd Solicitor General of the United States | |
| In office June 11, 2001 – July 14, 2004 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Seth P. Waxman |
| Succeeded by | Paul Clement |
| United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel | |
| In office 1981–1984 | |
| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | John Harmon |
| Succeeded by | Charles Cooper |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Theodore Bevry Olson September 11, 1940 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Karen Beatie
(m. 1964; div. 1987) Jolie Bales
(m. 1989; div. 1991)Lady Evelyn Booth (m. 2006) |
| Education | University of the Pacific UC Berkeley School of Law |
In March 2018, Olson turned down an offer to represent Donald Trump in the probe of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections.[2]
Olson's third wife, Barbara Kay Olson (née Bracher), an attorney and conservative commentator, was a passenger on the hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 that crashed into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.[3] She planned to leave to California on after celebrating Olson's birthday[4]
References
change- ↑ Lewis, Neil A. (February 15, 2001). "Man in the News: Prize Job for a Bush Rescuer, Theodore Bevry Olson". The New York Times.
- ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-legal-team-seeks-to-add-gravitas-with-offer-to-star-gop-attorney-theodore-b-olson/2018/03/20/571f1e46-2c41-11e8-8ad6-fbc50284fce8_story.html
- ↑ "What Barbara Olson Knew" (YouTube). CNN. April 7, 2008.
- ↑ drjamesfetzer (January 4, 2010). "Pentagon Explosion, No Flight 77: TED OLSON on Barbara: "Its impossible to think of her as Gone"" – via YouTube.
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