Theodore Olson
| Theodore Olson | |
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| 42nd Solicitor General of the United States | |
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In office June 11, 2001 – July 10, 2004 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Barbara Underwood (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Paul Clement |
| United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel | |
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In office 1981–1984 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | John Harmon |
| Succeeded by | Charles Cooper |
| Personal details | |
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Theodore Bevry Olson September 11, 1940 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) |
Barbara Olson (1996–2001) Lady Booth (2006–present) |
| Education |
University of the Pacific UC Berkeley School of Law |
Theodore Bevry "Ted" Olson (born September 11, 1940) is an American lawyer, practicing at the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Olson served as United States Solicitor General from June 2001 to July 2004 under President George W. Bush.
Theodore Olson was born in Chicago and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area in Mountain View, California. He graduated from Los Altos High in 1958. In 1962, Olson completed his undergraduate degrees in communications and history at the University of the Pacific. He attended law school, earning his law degree from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley in 1965. At Boalt, Olson served as a contributor to the California Law Review.
Olson joined the Los Angeles, California office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher as an associate in 1965. In 1972, he was named Partner.
From 1981 to 1984, Olson served as an Assistant Attorney General (Office of Legal Counsel) in the Reagan administration. While serving in the Reagan administration, Olson was legal counsel to President Reagan during the Iran-Contra affair's investigation phase. Olson was also the assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel when then President Ronald Reagan ordered the Administrator of the EPA to withhold the documents on the ground that they contained "enforcement sensitive information." This led to an investigation by the House Judiciary Committee that later produced a report suggesting Olson had given false and misleading testimony before a House subcommittee during the investigation. The Judiciary Committee forwarded a copy of the report to the Attorney General requesting the appointment of an independent counsel investigation.
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