The Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA) presented one of its highest honors — the Shattuck-Price Outstanding Lawyer Award — to ALI member Ronald L. Olson for "his extraordinary career of serving clients of national and global importance, while improving and developing alternative methods to achieve resolutions in our justice system and increasing access to justice." Mr. Olson served as an Adviser on ALI’s Federal Judicial Code project, and is a co-chair of the 1990 Life Member Class.
Mr. Olson is a name partner of Munger, Tolles & Olson, where his practice includes both litigation and corporate counseling, for large, international companies. In addition to his law practice, Mr. Olson is a director of Berkshire Hathaway, Edison International, City National Corporation, Graham Holdings Company, and Western Asset Trusts. He serves as a director of several non-profits, including the RAND Corporation (formerly chair), the Mayo Clinic, and the California Institute of Technology.
Of the award, Mr. Olson told LACBA, "I am deeply appreciative of this recognition from my home bar association and its many members with whom I have shared my professional life. I am humbled by the prior recipients of the Shattuck-Price Award, several of whom were my mentors."
Read the press release issued by LACBA, which includes details of Mr. Olson’s extraordinary career.