Steven J. Olsen

Email | Phone: 574-533-1171

Steven J. Olsen is an associate at Yoder Ainlay Ulmer & Buckingham, LLP.  Mr. Olsen taught at the Valparaiso University, College of Business, from 2007-2010, including the following classes:

  • Undergraduate classes
    • Legal Environment of Business
    • Success Skills and Business Etiquette
  • Graduate—MBA—classes
    • Legal Brand Management
    • Entrepreneurial Consulting

During his legal education, Mr. Olsen served as a federal judicial summer clerk for Magistrate Judge Andrew P. Rodovich in the United States District Court of the Northern District of Indiana and as an in-house counsel legal extern for ArcelorMittal.

Areas of practice

His practice includes the following legal areas:

  • Business/Corporate Law
  • Employment Law
  • Family Law
  • Landlord/Tenant Law
  • Commercial and General Practice Litigation
  • Transactional work

Education

Mr. Olsen received his J.D., summa cum laude, as the valedictorian of the Valparaiso University School of Law class of 2010.  He was a member of the Law Review and Moot Court Society.  In 2009 he earned an MBA, graduating with highest distinction and earning graduate honors—Beta Gamma Sigma—from Valparaiso University. He earned a B.S.B.A., summa cum laude, in Marketing and Management from the University of Central Missouri in 2006. 

Admissions and professional memberships

Mr. Olsen is admitted to practice law in both Indiana and Michigan.  He is a member of the Goshen City, Indiana State, Grand Rapids, and American Bar Associations.

Community Involvement

Mr. Olsen has served his community through involvement with the following organizations: 

  • Just Help: Elkhart County Legal Advocacy Center, Board Member
  • Goshen Academic Partners, Advisory Board Member
  • Goshen Chamber of Commerce, Education Committee Member
  • Five Star, Coach
  • Real Men Read, Participant
  • Reading Camps, Participant
  • World Missionary Press, Volunteer

Mr. Olsen is also actively involved in his church.

  

Publications

Mr. Olsen's publications include:

  •  Comparative Advertising in the Internet Age: Understanding Current E-Commerce Forms of Trademark Use, ABA Landslide Journal, Issue 2.6 (2010).
  • Note, Mixed Signals in Trademark's "Likelihood of Confusion Law: Does Quality Matter?", 44 VAL.U.L. REV. 659 (2010).

Contact the firm

When you need an attorney, call the law offices of Yoder Ainlay Ulmer & Buckingham, LLP, at 574-533-1171, or contact the firm online. Conveniently located across the street from the courthouse in Goshen, Indiana, the firm regularly assists clients with a broad range of legal issues.

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