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Per C. Olson

Hoevet Olson, PC
  • Recognized Since:
    2013
  • Recognized in:
    Criminal Defense: General Practice
    Criminal Defense: White-Collar
  • Lawyer Page:
    https://www.hoevetlaw.com/abou...
  • Website:
    https://www.hoevetlaw.com
  • Location:
    1000 Southwest Broadway, Suite 1740
    Portland, OR 97205
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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.
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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.
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  • Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2020 - Criminal Defense: General Practice

Education:

  • Willamette University, BA, graduated 1990

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Criminal Defense: General Practice, Portland, OR (2020)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Criminal Defense: General Practice
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar
 

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Hoevet Olson, PC
https://www.hoevetlaw.com
 
1000 Southwest Broadway, Suite 1740
Portland, OR 97205
503-228-0497
 
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