Walter K. Olson (born 1954) is an American author and blogger who writes mostly about legal subjects, including tort reform.
[1] The Washington Post has dubbed Olson an "intellectual guru of tort reform.
[3][4] Olson is a graduate of Yale University[5] and was cited in a 2014 list of religious unbelievers with conservative views.
The commission's recommendations served as a basis for legislation Hogan has introduced since then in the Maryland legislature.
Olson has said that while he campaigned for George W. Bush in 2000, he did not support his re-election in 2004: "Foreign policy and defense blunders aside, the last thing I wanted was an administration combining aggressive social conservatism with uncontrolled spending and big new government programs.