Kristopher Robert Olin - Blacksburg, VA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • St. John's University School of Law, 2009
    J.D.
    Honors: Dean's List, 2009
    Law Review: New York International Law Review, Executive Articles Editor, 2008 - 2009

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
    B.A.
    Honors: Dean's List
    Honors: Golden Key Society, 2004 - 2013
    Major: Economics

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• Haga Law Firm, PLC, Attorney, 2009 - 2013

Languages

• English

Classes and Seminars

• Death of a Party, VTLA Advanced Auto Retreat - Mastering Death in Auto Cases (Charlottesville, 2024)

Pro Bono Activities

• Member of the Board of Directors, NRV Cares

Representative Cases

• 77 Constr. Co. v. UXB Int’l, Inc., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26541 (W.D. Va. 2015)
• Roberts v. UXB Int’l, Inc., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 117567 (W.D. Va. Aug. 22, 2014)
• Bambarger v. Ameristep, Inc., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 169481 (W.D. Va. 2013)
• 77 Constr. Co. v. UXB Int’l, Inc., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 163942 (W.D. Va. 2013)
• Ciliv v. UXB Int’l, Inc., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 112138 (W.D. Va. 2013)
• United States v. Johnson, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14093 (W.D. Va. 2013)
• United States v. Johnson, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14735 (W.D. Va. 2013)
• Ciliv v. UXB Int’l, Inc., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 151514 (W.D. Va. 2012)
• Sisson v. Va. High Sch. League, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 132264 (W.D. Va. 2010)

Published Works

Articles

• Provozu V. Bundesamt, 21 N.Y. INT'L L. REV. 1, 153, Winter, 2008
  
• Denial for Motions for Vacatur of Maritime Attachment and Garnishment under Supplementary Rule B of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Admiralty Practicum at 13, Summer, 2008
  
• Indemnity Claim under 33 U.S.C. 905 was Dismissed, Admiralty Practicum at 14, Spring, 2008
  
• The McCorpen Rule is Applicable to Claims for Maintenance and Cure and the Jones Act Action Survives to the Extent Indicated, Admiralty Practicum at 12, Spring, 2007
  
• Hurdling Hearsay: Introduction of Electronic Media in Virginia Courts after United States v. Lizarraga-Tirado, Virginia Lawyer Magazine, vol. 64 pg. 35, Virginia Lawyer, Aug, 2015
  

Bar Admissions

• Virginia, 2009
• U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia, 2010

Other Affiliations

• Virginia Trial Lawyer's Association, 2009 - Present (Member)
• Ted Dalton Inn of Court, 2017 - Present