Lyndsey Olson

Lyndsey Olson is an American attorney and veteran who currently serves as City Attorney for Saint Paul, Minnesota, the state's capital.

Lyndsey Olson
City Attorney of Saint Paul
In office
2018 – present
Personal details
Alma materStephens College (BA)
Hamline University (JD)
The JAG School (LLM)
OccupationAttorney
Soldier
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Army
Years of service2003-present
Rank Lieutenant Colonel
UnitJ.A.G. Corps

Early life and education

She received a B.A. from the Stephens College in 1998 and a J.D. from the Hamline University School of Law in 2003. She entered the U.S. Army JAG Corps and attended The JAG School at the University of Virginia.[1]

Career

Olson served in Operation Iraqi Freedom. While in Iraq, she received a Bronze Star for her service as international law and military justice attorney. From 2013 to 2018, Olson served as the general counsel of the Minnesota Department of Military Affairs and Minnesota National Guard from 2013 to 2018. In 2013, Minnesota Business Journal named her in their Top 40 Under 40 list, as well as their list of top in-house counsel and Minnesota Lawyer’s Attorneys of the Year. Olson sits on the board of directors for Central Minnesota Legal Services.[2] In 2013, became a part-time adjunct law professor at the University of Minnesota Law School.[3]

Olson currently serves as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army JAG Corps. In 2018, Olson was appointed as the City Attorney of St. Paul by Mayor Melvin Carter in 2018. During the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis–Saint Paul Olson said that cases would be dismissed for people engaging in peaceful protests that did not involve acts of violence.[4]

References
  1. "LT. COL. LYNDSEY OLSON". cybersecuritysummit.org/. Cyber Security Summit.
  2. Ramakrishnan, Urmila. "40 under 40: Maj. Lyndsey Olson". bizjournals.com/twincities. Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.
  3. "Lyndsey Olson '04". law.umn.edu. University of Minnesota Law School.
  4. Mayerle, Jennifer. "St. Paul City Attorney To Dismiss Cases Against Peaceful Protesters". minnesota.cbslocal.com. CBS Local.
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