Erik Olson, Ph.D., is an associate in the Business Group where he focuses his practice on a variety of corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, venture capital investment, licensing and technology transfer, and advising clients on intellectual property matters. Previously, he was a summer associate at the Firm.
Erik earned his juris doctor from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, where he graduated as the salutatorian of his class and was a recipient of the Michael E. Moritz Merit Scholarship. During law school, he served as chief articles editor for the Ohio State Technology Law Journal and worked as a licensing intern for the school’s Technology Commercialization Office. Erik was also an active member of Intellectual Property Law Society, serving as secretary of the organization.
- Carleton College (B.A., magna cum laude, 2012)
- Chemistry
- The Ohio State University (Ph.D, 2018)
- Biochemistry
- The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2021)
- Ohio
- Michael E. Moritz Merit Scholarship, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
- Dean’s Scholar Award, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
- CALI Award, Legal Analysis and Writing I, Legal Analysis and Writing II, Contracts II, Evidence, Advanced Constitutional Law, Taxation of Business Entities, Entrepreneurial Business Law Clinic
- Best Written Brief, 1L Moot Court Competition
- Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Predoctoral Fellowship, National Institutes of Health
- Outstanding Oral Presentation Award and Selection for Plenary Talk, 11th Annual OSU Life Sciences Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs Symposium
- RNA Society Oral Presentation Award, 10th International Retroviral Nucleocapsid Protein and Assembly Symposium
- Spanish
