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Mackenzie Olson

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T 907.257.5306 Anchorage
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Mackenzie Olson practices employment and labor law at the firm. She regularly appears before federal and state courts, regulatory agencies, and arbitrators. She also advises companies across an array of industries on personnel, compliance, and other issues.

Before joining DWT, Mackenzie served as an assistant attorney general in the Alaska Department of Law's Office of Criminal Appeals and as an assistant district attorney in the Anchorage District Attorney's Office. Mackenzie also clerked for Judge H. Russel Holland at the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska and for Judge David Mannheimer at the Alaska Court of Appeals. During law school, she externed for Judge Stephen J. Dwyer at the Washington State Court of Appeals, Division I.

Admitted to Practice

  • Alaska
  • Washington
  • U.S. District Court, District of Alaska
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit

Education

  • J.D., University of Washington School of Law
    • Associate Editor-in-Chief: Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts
    • Hazelton Fellow, Tech Policy Lab
    • Mediation Clinic
  • B.A., English Literature, Principia College
    • Chairman's Scholarship
    • Writer: Principia Pilot
    • Writing and Research Tutor

Memberships & Affiliations

    • Communications Chair, Young Lawyers Section, Anchorage Bar Association, 2019-2020

Professional Recognition

    • Named "One to Watch" by Best Lawyers in Labor and Employment Law - Management, 2024-2026; in Litigation - Labor and Employment and Labor and Employment Law - Employee, 2024-2026

Background

    • Associate, Perkins Coie LLP, Anchorage, 2022-2024
    • Judicial Clerk, Hon. H. Russel Holland, U.S. District Court, District of Alaska, Anchorage, 2021-2022
    • Assistant District Attorney, Anchorage District Attorney's Office, & Assistant Attorney General, Office of Criminal Appeals, Alaska Department of Law – Criminal Division, Anchorage, 2018-2021
    • Judicial Clerk, Hon. David Mannheimer, Alaska Court of Appeals, Anchorage, 2017-2018
    • Judicial Extern, Hon. Stephen J. Dwyer, Washington State Court of Appeals: Division I, Seattle, 2016
    • Law Clerk, Washington State Office of the Attorney General, Natural Resources and Consumer Protection, 2015 and 2016
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