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Sam Olens' Biography

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Full Name:

Samuel 'Sam' S. Olens

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Lisa; 2 Children: Lauren, Jonathan

JD, Emory University School of Law, 1983

Attorney General, State of Georgia, 2010-present

Commissioner, Cobb County, District 3, 1999-2002

Chair, Cobb County Board of Commissioners, 2002-2010

Member, Department of Community Affairs Board, District 6, 2003-2010

Vice-Chair, Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District, 2005-2010

Chair, Atlanta Regional Commission, 2004-2009

Admitted, District of Columbia

Admitted, Georgia Court of Appeals

Registered Mediator/Arbitrator, Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution

Chair, Southern Region of the National Association of Attorneys General

Admitted, United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Admitted, United States Supreme Court

Partner, Olens & Ezor, Private Corporation, 1983-2010

Member, United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta

Awards:

2008 Tom Bradley Leadership Award by the National Association of Regional Councils
2007 "Excellence in Public Service Award" by the University of Georgia's Carl Vinson Institute.
For the past six years, Georgia Trend magazine has listed Olens as one of the "100 Most Influential Georgians."
2010 Trumpet Award from the Cobb County Women's Republican Club,
2009 James L. Rhoden, Jr. Award for Visionary Philanthropy
2009 United Way in Cobb County Volunteer of the Year
Cobb's "Citizen of the Year" by the Marietta Daily Journal in 2006
2013 Emory Law School Distinguished Alumni Award

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