Attorney Profile

Michael L. Olver

Michael Olver

Betts, Patterson & Mines, P.S.
One Convention Place, 701 Pike Street, Suite 1400
Seattle, WA 98101
Contact Contact Michael L. Olver
T: 206-292-9988
F: 206-343-7053

Visit: www.bpmlaw.com
Practice areas: Elder Law (50%), Personal Injury Plaintiff: General (50%)

Profile

Michael L. Olver has been in private practice since 1976 and has been listed in Who's Who in American Law since 1985, was awarded the 1998 Outstanding Achievement Award by the Washington State Chapter of National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NELA), was named as one of the 2008-2009 Top 100 Trial Lawyers for the State of Washington, and has chaired and lectured at seminars on a variety of topics ranging from litigation to elder law. He drafted the prototype d4A, d4C, and C2B trusts used in Washington State. Mr. Olver has also won two decisions in the Washington State Supreme Court, one involving retroactive Medicaid lien recovery issues, has successfully litigated a class action on the same issues and meretricious property rights in probate, and has obtained favorable appellate decisions regarding joint tenancy, the dead man's statute, and meretricious property issues in a probate context. He is a certified NASD arbitrator and mediates TEDRA. In 1993, he published a science fiction novel, Bascomb's Rogue, University Editions Press.

Selected to:

Washington Super Lawyers 2009
Washington Super Lawyers 2008
Washington Super Lawyers 2007
Washington Super Lawyers 2006
Washington Super Lawyers 2005
Washington Super Lawyers 2004
Washington Super Lawyers 2003

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