Sally Olson Elected to Product Liability Advisory Counsel Board
Wildman Harrold is pleased to announce that partner Sarah “Sally” L. Olson has been elected to the board of the Product Liability Advisory Counsel (PLAC). Her three-year term begins January 1, 2010.
The PLAC seeks to contribute to the improvement and reform of law in the United States and elsewhere, with emphasis on the law governing the liability of manufacturers of products. It has more than 100 corporate members representing a broad cross-section of American and international product manufacturers.
Olson is an accomplished product liability and mass tort litigator, representing manufacturing companies and industries facing litigation, legislative change or regulatory action in relation to the design, manufacture, marketing and distribution of their products. Because this “bet-the-company,” “bet-the-industry” litigation is often multi-party and multi-jurisdictional, Olson has developed a particular skill in facilitating and guiding the work of joint defense groups and industry legal teams. She is the firm’s Professional Development and Diversity Director, and holds a J.D. (high honors) from Chicago Kent College of Law and a B.A. (honors) from the University of California at Berkeley.
About Wildman Harrold
Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon LLP is a 200-lawyer business law firm representing Fortune 500 companies and private businesses in Litigation, Business Transactions and Intellectual Property. The national Litigation practice is recognized as one of the best in the country and was selected by Corporate Counsel magazine as a “Go-To” Law Firm. The Transactions Department provides legal counsel on all corporate matters with a highly specialized practice for private equity funds. The Intellectual Property practice addresses the full-range of IP issues, including a premier team of Privacy and Data Security attorneys.About PLAC
The Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. (PLAC) is a non-profit association with over 100 corporate members representing a broad cross-section of American and international product manufacturers. These companies seek to contribute to the improvement and reform of law in the United States and elsewhere, with emphasis on the law governing the liability of manufacturers of products. PLAC’s perspective is derived from the experiences of a corporate membership that spans a diverse group of industries in various facets of the manufacturing sector.
In addition several hundred of the leading product liability defense attorneys in the country are sustaining (non-voting) members of PLAC. Since 1983 PLAC has filed over 850 briefs as amicus curiae in both state and federal courts presenting the broad perspective of product manufacturers seeking fairness and balance in the application and development of the law as it affects product liability.
