Attorney Profile
Richard P. Olson was born in Minot, North Dakota. He engages in general commercial practice, regularly representing more than thirty North Dakota banks and other financial institutions in litigation, bankruptcy, transactional, and regulatory matters.

Education
1971 Concordia College (B.A., cum laude)
1974 University of Minnesota (J.D.)

Career Highlights
1974 Admitted to Bar, State of North Dakota
1982 U.S. Claims Court
1984 U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit

• Ward County (President 1977-1978)
• Northwestern (President 1979-1981)
• America Bar Association
  (Member, Sections on Business Law and Economics of Law Practice)
• State Bar Association of North Dakota (Member, Board of Governors, 1979-1981)
• Local Bankruptcy Rules Committee (Chairman, 1991- 1996)
• Federal Practice Committee
  (1989 - present (Chairman, 1992-1996))
• Commercial Law League of America
• American Bankruptcy Institute
• Conference on Consumer Finance Law
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America (1987, 1989-1990, 1991-1992, 1993-1994, 1995-1996, 1997-1998, 1999-2000, 2001-2002, 2003-2004 editions) in the areas of corporate law, business litigation, and bankruptcy
• Listed in Chambers USA "America's Leading Business Lawyers" 2003-2004
• Defense Research Institute
• International Association of Defense Counsel
• Chief Editor Community Banker's Advisor
  (bi-monthly legal publication of Independent Banks of North Dakota since 1993)
• North Dakota State Counsel - Harland Financial Solutions Network (since inception - 1987)