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Arden J. Olson handles matters involving health law, insurance law, legal ethics, and complex litigation, including coverage matters, bad faith claims and regulatory matters. He formerly practiced antitrust, securities, ERISA, and commercial litigation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and as a commercial litigator in Seattle, Washington.  Arden served as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Special Litigation Unit and Attorney-in-Charge of the Industrial Accident Section of the Oregon Department of Justice. He was handling complex litigation for the Department of Justice when, in 1989, he became General Counsel and Legal Division Director to SAIF Corporation.  Arden served as General Counsel to a regional health maintenance organization from 1993 through 1997.

Memberships/Affiliations

Arden is an active member of the Oregon, California and Washington State bars, and has served in a variety of bar roles. He is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, and a member of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers, the American Health Lawyers Association, the American Judicature Society, and the Lane County Bar Association, and is active with the American and Federal Bar Associations.  Arden currently serves as a member of the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility.  He is admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third and Ninth Circuits, and to U.S. District Courts in Oregon, Washington, and Pennsylvania. He has received an AV® rating by the Martindale-Hubbell National Law Directory.  Arden was selected as an Oregon Super Lawyer in Oregon Super Lawyers magazine in November 2006.

Education

Arden is a 1978 graduate of the University of Washington School of Law, JD Order of the Coif. During his studies, he served as Executive Editor of the Washington Law Review and was a recipient of the Vivian Carkeek Prize. He also holds a BA in Philosophy, summa cum laude, from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma and completed the Executive Education for Corporate Counsel Program at Duke University Fuqua School of Business in Durham, North Carolina.

Publications

"Health Initiatives Would Breed Uncertainty," Oregon Health Law at 7 (October 1996)

"ABA Commission Proposes New Rules of Professional Conduct," Washington State Bar News, at 43 (May 1980)

"American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division," The Lawyer's Conscience (July 30, 1980) co-author Christopher L. Otorowski

Comment "Parol Evidence in Washington: The Use of Extrinsic Evidence to Address the Integration and Interpretation of Writings," 52 Washington Law Review 923 (1977)

Presentations

"Managing Ethical Issues in Your Day-to-Day Practice in Oregon," National Business Institute (December 15, 2005)

"Legal Ethics in Oregon: Solutions to the Most Common Ethical Challenges," National Business Institute (June 6, 2005)

"Tales of the Tube" Ethics Presentation, Oregon State Bar Continuing Legal Education (November 12, 2003)

"Top Ten Reasons Not to Adopt the ABA Model Ethics Rules in Oregon,"  Roland K. Rodman American Inn of Court, Eugene, OR (November 5, 2003)

"ERISA, COBRA and HIPAA: An Overview of the Statutory and Regulatory Framework in Oregon," Lorman Education Services (October 23, 2003)

"Who Is Our Client?" SAIF Corporation, Salem, OR  (October 1, 1992)