Walter Olson

Walter Olson

Walter K. Olson is an author and blogger who writes mostly about tort reform. Olson is a longtime senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank in New York City. He founded and continues to run several websites, including Overlawyered.com and the Manhattan Institute's PointOfLaw.com. He has published three books on the American litigation system: "The Litigation Explosion", "The Excuse Factory", and most recently "The Rule of Lawyers".

"The Washington Post" has dubbed Olson an "intellectual guru of tort reform." [cite news |title=Walter Cronkite Video Helps Stir Up Debate Over Tort Reform |url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/74048826.html?dids=74048826:74048826&FMT=ABS
author=Torry, Saundra |publisher=The Washington Post |date=September 14, 1992 |accessdate=2009-03-10
] He has testified to Congress numerous times, and has written articles for publications such as "The Wall Street Journal", "Reason" and "The New York Times". His work is often discussed in the press and has been cited in court opinions. [Alice Jansen vs. Packaging Corp. America, 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 95-3128 123 F3d 490 / Kimberly B. Ellerth vs. Burlington Industries, Inc., 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 96-1361 123 F3d 490 [http://laws.findlaw.com/7th/953128.html] ] [Doe v. City of Belleville, Illinois, 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 94-3699 119 F3d 563 [http://laws.findlaw.com/7th/943699.html] ]

Olson is a graduate of Yale University.

Bibliography

*Olson, Walter. "The Litigation Explosion: What Happened When America Released the Lawsuit". E.P. Dutton/Truman Talley Books, 1991; ISBN 0-52524-911-7
*Olson, Walter. "The Excuse Factory: How Employment Law is Paralyzing the American Workplace". Free Press, 1997; ISBN 0-68482-732-8
*Olson, Walter. "The Rule of Lawyers: How the New Litigation Elite Threatens America's Rule of Law". Truman Talley Books, 2003; ISBN 0-31228-085-8

References

External links

* [http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/olson.htm Manhattan Institute biography]
* [http://www.overlawyered.com/ Overlawyered.com]
* [http://pointoflaw.com/ Pointoflaw.com]
* [http://rightwingnews.com/interviews/olson.php Interview] on "rightwingnews.com"
* [http://speechwriting-ghostwriting.typepad.com/speechwriting_ghostwritin/2006/01/trial_by_tvblog.html Interview] on "speechwriting-ghostwriting.typepad.com"


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