Terrence L. Olsen, Esq.
Terrence L. Olsen, Esq., the founder of Olsen Law Firm, created a law firm that built upon and expanded the practice he started at a local law firm in Chattanooga. Mr. Olsen established the Olsen Law Firm in September 2003 in the Hamilton County Business Development Center. In July 2005, Mr. Olsen relocated the Olsen Law Firm to the Francis Willard Building of 615 Lindsay Street, Suite 330, Chattanooga, TN.
Mr. Olsen received his B.A., with honors, from University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He received his MFA in Creative Writing from Southern Illinois University and is a published poet. He received his law degree from William and Mary School of Law where he was a member of the William and Mary Law Review.
Mr. Olsen is actively involved with several legal and professional associations in the community and state. Mr. Olsen is the Chair of the Tennessee Bar Association’s Immigration Law Section, and is a member of the American Immigration Law Association and the Chattanooga Bar Association. Mr. Olsen was also the Chairman of the World Trade Society of Chattanooga and has hosted trade delegations to the Chattanooga area from countries such as China, Russia and South Korea. In 2002, 2003, and 2004, Mr. Olsen traveled to Taiwan on behalf of the City of Chattanooga and Hamilton County, and has established an economic relationship between PingTung Taiwan and Chattanooga.
Mr. Olsen has been an active member of the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Alumni Leadership Council, and Leadership Chattanooga.
Mr. Olsen is an instructor of Bryan College’s MBA Program and an adjunct instructor of Chattanooga State Community College’s Immigration Paralegal course. Mr. Olsen has given immigration law lectures to international students and advisors at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Southern Adventist University, Bryan College, and Dalton State College.
Mr. Olsen has regularly been invited to be a speaker for immigration issues on TV, radio, and local and international newspapers.
