David R. Olsen

David R. Olsen is an attorney with Dewsnup King Olsen Worel Havas whose practice concentrates on plaintiff insurance bad faith and complex tort litigation. David represents clients in serious injury cases involving trucking, product liability, workplace injuries, pharmaceutical liability, medical malpractice, motor vehicle accidents, and other catastrophic claims. His work also extends to commercial disputes, real estate litigation, RICO matters, and significant appellate cases involving important questions of Utah law.

David graduated from Brigham Young University’s business school, where he received the Wall Street Journal Award as Outstanding Business Student. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Utah College of Law in 1976. His business and legal education support a practice that combines damages analysis, complex litigation, commercial issues, and appellate reasoning. He has practiced in Utah for decades and has handled high-value disputes in both injury and business settings.

David has served as lead attorney in appellate decisions addressing proximate cause, compulsory arbitration, governmental immunity, and settlement enforcement. His experience also includes contract, real estate, and RICO litigation and a reported multimillion-dollar condemnation verdict. His firm states that he has obtained numerous multi-million-dollar judgments in complex tort and insurance matters. He is regularly invited to speak to other lawyers about litigation topics and trial practice.

David R. Olsen has been selected for The Best Lawyers in America, Utah Business Top 100 Legal Elite, and other peer-reviewed recognitions cited by his firm. David has received the Utah State Bar Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year Award and an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell. His long trial and appellate career supports clients facing complex personal injury, insurance, commercial, and real estate disputes that require detailed factual development and sophisticated litigation strategy.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Dewsnup King Olsen Worel Havas
• Member, Utah State Bar
• Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum
• Member, Utah’s Top Attorneys
• Member, Utah Business Legal Eagles
• Member, The American Trial Lawyers Association Top 100 Trial Lawyers
• Listed in, The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers

Licensed State

• Utah

Education

• University of Utah College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)

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