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