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David Olan is a leading personal injury attorney representing people who have been wrongfully injured and the families of people who have suffered a wrongful death.

Mr. Olan represents people from throughout Southern California, including Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange, San Bernardino, and Riverside counties, as well as from throughout Central California, such as Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.

Verdicts & Settlements (partial list):
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• $8 Million + settlement in a product liability case against a manufacturer of defective tires that caused a blowout and against a car manufacturer for seat belt failure in an SUV accident.
• $3 Million settlement in a product liability case against a pharmaceutical company for the defective drug Phen Fen.
• $2 Million + settlement in an insurance bad faith case arising out of a construction defect case.
• $1.6 Million settlement in a product liability case for a man who suffered burns due to a defective hot water heater.
• $1.5 Million settlement for serious personal injuries due to a motorcycle accident.
• $1.4 Million mediation in the wrongful death of a woman in a motor vehicle accident.
• $1.25 Million judgment in a premises liability case due to an assault and battery.
• $1.1 Million settlement in a serious personal injury due to a dog bite.
• $1 Million verdict for a pedestrian in a motor vehicle accident.

Olan Law is AV-rated, the highest rating available, by Martindale-Hubbell.

As a Central California personal injury attorney and as a Southern California personal injury attorney, David Olan has been recognized for his legal work by other attorneys. He is honored to have been named to the following lists:
• Southern California Super Lawyers, 2007 – 2012

• Southern California Top 100 Super Lawyers, 2012

• Best Lawyers of America, 2011, 2012

David Olan is active in numerous professional attorney organizations, including:
• Santa Monica Bar Association, President, 2012
• Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, Board of Governors, 1997 – 2004
• Consumer Attorneys of California, Board of Governors, 1998
• American Board of Trial Advocates
• Association of Surfing Lawyers, Founder
• American Association of Justice
• Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
• Western Trial Lawyers Association
• California State Bar, 1989

David Olan is a passionate environmentalist, particularly in causes related to saving our oceans. These include:
• Life Rolls On, now part of the Christopher Reeves Foundation, the foundation’s flagship program, They Will Surf Again, utilizes adaptive surfing programs to give youth with spinal cord injuries a new lease on the waves. David Olan is an advisory board member.

• The Surfrider Foundation is a nonprofit environmental organization dedicated to the protection of and to people’s enjoyment of the world’s oceans, waves and beaches through conservation, activism, research and education. David Olan was formerly on the executive committee of the Malibu chapter and on the Legal Issues Team. He currently sits on the foundation’s Advisory Committee.

Mr. Olan's education included the:

• University of California at Los Angeles, Bachelor Science degree in political science with an emphasis on international relations, 1985

• Studied at the University of Salzburg in Salzburg Austria, during junior year

• University of San Diego Law School, Juris Doctorate, 1989
o Honors from the Moot Court
o International Law Society
o California Coastal Commission, Intern

Languages Spoken: English, Spanish, German