Caroline A. Olsen

Caroline A. Olsen is an appellate attorney at Zimmerman Booher whose practice is grounded in more than a decade of complex litigation experience. Caroline has participated in more than 100 appeals and delivered oral argument in more than 40 cases. Her appellate work spans Utah state courts, several federal appellate courts, and the US Supreme Court, with matters involving commercial disputes, medical malpractice, and state and federal constitutional questions.

Caroline earned a J.D. from Yale Law School in 2013. She served as an editor of the Yale Law Journal and Yale Journal of International Law and worked as a Coker Teaching Fellow. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College in 2009, graduating magna cum laude and earning Phi Beta Kappa recognition. Her academic background supports a practice centered on written advocacy, legal analysis, precedent, and appellate strategy.

Caroline previously served as an Assistant Solicitor General in the Office of the New York Attorney General, where she represented the State of New York in precedent-setting appeals and advised on major trials and investigations. She began her legal career as a law clerk to Judge Albert Diaz of the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and later practiced as a litigation associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.

Caroline A. Olsen combines appellate advocacy, government experience, private litigation, and teaching. Caroline regularly teaches legal writing and legal analysis, subjects closely connected to appellate practice. Her experience arguing and briefing cases across multiple courts allows her to address difficult questions of law, develop clear written positions, and help clients present complex issues effectively on appeal in commercial, constitutional, malpractice, and other contested matters.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Zimmerman Booher | Utah Appellate Attorneys
• Member, Utah State Bar
• Member, New York State Bar Association
• Vice Chair, Utah Supreme Court, Ethics and Discipline Committee
• Member, Utah Supreme Court, Advisory Committee on the Rules of Appellate Procedure
• Member, Women Lawyers of Utah
• Member, Federal Bar Association, Utah Chapter

Licensed State

• Utah
• New York

Education

• Yale Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Dartmouth College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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