Stephanie Olson

Attorney, Perkins Coie

Stephanie Olson grew up in the Woodinville area and graduated with honors from the University of Washington School of Law where she served as an editor of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy as well as the Washington Journal of Law and technology. She worked as a paralegal before beginning her practice of law. She left Washington for an opportunity to work at the U.S. Commerce Department in the general counsel’s office where she eventually rose to become the Deputy General Counsel for Litigation. Following that appointment, Stephanie moved to Reno, Nevada, where she clerked at the Ninth Circuit District Court.

Stephanie joined the law firm of Perkins Coie in their Boise, Idaho office but recently moved to its Seattle office. She had previously served on the WashCOG board from 2018 to 2019, and now that she has returned to Seattle she has also rejoined the WashCOG board.