Attorney Profile

Mr. Olin attended college and law school at the University of Michigan where he received his B.A. in 1973 with high distinction and his J.D. in 1976, magna cum laude. He was an Associate Editor of the University of Michigan Law Review and elected a member of the Order of the Coif, the law school honor society, on graduation.

Mr. Olin is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Florida Justice Association, and of the Board of Governors of the American Association for Justice (AAJ).  He served in both capacities for more than ten years. He has been elected a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, an organization whose membership is limited to 500 lawyers throughout the United States . He has lectured at numerous Florida Justice Association, American and Florida Bar and American Association for Justice seminars on various subjects, and is a past chairman of AAJ's Aviation Section.  He has published articles and book chapters in several Bar and independent publications in the areas of Aviation law and expert witnesses. He is a member of the Miami Dade Justice Association and a charter member of the Miami Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, of which he was President in 1997.  A former member of the Board of Governors of the Young Lawyers Division of The Florida Bar, he has also served as Vice-Chair of the Florida Bar's Rules of Civil Procedure Committee, and is a former officer of the Dade County Bar's Young Lawyers Section.  Finally, he is a member of the Dade County Bar Association, the Federal and American Bar Associations and a member of the Bar in Florida, Wyoming and the District of Columbia .  He is admitted to practice in all of Florida 's federal courts, the 5th and 11th Circuit Courts of Appeal, and the United States Supreme Court.

He has been continuously recognized in the annual publication The Best Lawyers in America.  He was named as one of the Legal Elite, the top 1.7% of all lawyers in Florida , in a poll by Florida Trend magazine.  He was recognized as a 'Super Lawyer' by Law & Politics magazine, and as one of the best 100 lawyers in Florida . He has also been selected as a 'Top Lawyer' by the South Florida Legal Guide, as a member of LawDragon, comprised of peer recognized lawyers throughout the United States, and as one of the Top 100 Florida Lawyers by the Miami Herald's Super Lawyer section.  

Finally, Mr. Olin participates in a wide variety of civic activities and is a former officer and Board member of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, where he currently serves on the Financial Management Committee, the Long Term Strategic Planning Executive Committee and as the legal advisor to the Audit Committee.

Areas of Practice

• Admiralty & Maritime Law
• Business & Commercial Law
• Contracts
• Class Actions -- Plaintiff and Defendant
• Employment Law -- Employers and Employees
• Nursing Home
• Litigation & Appeals
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Products Liability Law
• Medical Malpractice

Bar Admissions

• Florida, 1976
• District of Columbia, 1983
• Wyoming, 1994
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1979
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1982
• U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, 1999
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 2002
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1981
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1981
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1980

Education

• The University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1976
  J.D.
  Honors: Magna Cum Laude
  Honors: Order of the Coif
  Law Review: University of Michigan Law Review
  
  
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1973
  B.A.
  Honors: With High Distinction
  Major: Economics
  
  

Published Works

• Ch. 12 "Expert Witnesses", Florida Civil Trial Practice, 3rd Ed. 1984
• "Expert Witnesses" in Barry, Desmond, Ed., Litigating the Aviation Case: From Pretrial to Closing Argument, 2nd Ed. 1998
• "Punitive Damages Under the Warsaw Convention," Trial, February, 1991.
• "Handling a Major Air Disaster," in Papadakis, M.P., Ed., Civil Trial Practice: Winning Techniques of Successful Trial Attorneys, 2000

Representative Cases

• Litman v. Massachusetts Mut. Life Ins. Co., 739 F.2d 1549 (C.A.11 (Fla.) 1984)
• General Acc. Fire & Life Assur. Corp., Ltd. v. American Cas. Co. of Reading, Pa., 390 So.2d 761 (Fla.App. 3 Dist. 1980)
• Harris v. Berkowitz, 433 So.2d 613 (Fla.App. 3 Dist. 1983)

References

• United National Bank

Honors and Awards

• Order of the Coif, Law School Honor Society
• Associate Editor, University of Michigan Law Review
• Florida Trend's Florida Legal Elite
• South Florida Legal Guide's Top Lawyers
• Best Lawyers in America
• Law Dragon 3000
• Law & Politics "Super Lawyers" and Top 100 Lawyers in Florida
• Miami Herald Super Lawyer Section, Top 100 Lawyers in Florida
• Florida Justice Association Crystal Eagle Award recipient
• Florida Justice Association Silver Eagle award recipient for Outstanding Leadership
• Florida Justice Association Unsung Hero Award

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Association for Justice, 1976 - Present
  Member
  
  
• American Bar Association, 1976 - Present
  Member
  
  
• Federal Bar Association, 1984 - Present
  Member
  
  
• Dade County Trial Lawyers Association, 1986 - 1988
  Director
  
  
• Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, 1984 - Present
  Member
  
  
• Florida Bar, Young Lawyers Section, 1981 - 1985
  Member
  
  
• Dade County Bar Association
  
  
• Florida Bar
  Member of the Board of Directors
  
  
• Florida Bar
  Rules of Civil Procedure Committee 1984-1992 & 2000-2005
  
  
• International Academy of Trial Lawyers
  
  
• American Board of Trial Advocates, 1997
  President of the Miami Chapter
  
  
• American Association for Justice, 1987 - 1992
  Florida State Delegate
  
  
• American Association for Justice, 1991 - 2001
  Member of the Board of Governors
  
  
• American Association for Justice, 1992 - 1993
  Chairman of the Aviation Section
  
  
• Florida Justice Association, 1984 - 2001
  Member of the Board of Directors
  
  
• Florida Justice Association
  Diplomate
  
  
• Dade County Trial Lawyers Association, 1986 - 1988
  Member of the Board of Directors
  
  

Birth Information

• June 22, 1951, Flushing, New York, United States of America