Ms Camille Olson > Seyfarth Shaw LLP > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Ms Camille Olson
Work Department
Labor and Employment Department; Complex Discrimination Litigation Practice Group; Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco offices.
Position
Camille Olson is a partner at Seyfarth Shaw LLP and Chair of its National Complex Discrimination Litigation Practice Group.
Career
Camille represents global companies in challenges to employment and operational practices, internal investigations of highly sensitive matters, and high-consequence litigation through trial and appellate phases. She frequently testifies before federal agencies and Congress on pending employment legislation.
Memberships
US Chamber of Commerce, Chair, Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Subcommittee; Policy Counsel, SHRM; Board Member, America’s Newspapers; Trustee, The Conference Board; Trustee, The Committee for Economic Development; Committee Member, CED Women in Corporate Leadership Committee; Committee Member, The University of Michigan Law School Development and Relations Committee; AELC; ABA; IBA; California and Illinois State Bars.
Education
JD, University of Michigan (1983); BA, University of Michigan.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
(Hall of Fame)The ‘very efficient and effective’ team at Seyfarth Shaw LLP continues to be highly regarded for its experience in defeating class certification and for its successes in wage and hour cases. The team, headed by large-scale class actions and multi-plaintiff cases expert Laura Maechtlen in San Francisco, is able to draw on its national team to work on cases across the country, and is experienced in a variety of industries including healthcare, hospitality, energy, and retail. Camille Olson
, valued by clients for her ‘incredible experience’ as a complex litigator, is based in Chicago and is a co-chair of the firm’s national complex litigation practice group. Also in Chicago is Noah Finkel, who has a particular specialism in representing clients in collective or class action matters, as well as advising and litigating on class action waivers in arbitration agreements. Sacramento-based Coby Turner is a key contact for compliance counseling. Gerald Maatman, Jr. left the firm in September 2022. Gary Friedman arrived from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in February 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame United States > Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) United States > Labor and employment
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Tax > Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Government > Government contracts
- Real estate > Real estate
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious