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Appellate Expert from Greines Martin Stein & Richland LLP Available to Provide Insight into...

Publication: Business Wire
Date: Tuesday, February 20 2007

LOS ANGELES -- Robert Olson, a partner in the leading appellate boutique Greines Martin Stein & Richland LLP with extensive experience in punitive damages issues, is available to comment on today's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Philip Morris vs. Williams to limit punitive damages. Olson

filed an amicus brief in Johnson vs. Ford in which the California Supreme Court addressed comparable questions regarding the limits on punitive damages.

Contacts: Robert Olson (who formerly clerked for Justice Kennedy), 310-859-7811, or Barbara Casey, 310-396-2400 to arrange an interview.

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