David M. Olive

A co-founder of Olive, Edwards, & Cooper, David M. Olive has more than 25 years’ experience in law, business, politics, and public affairs.  Formerly chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Asa Hutchinson, Mr. Olive oversaw aviation, antitrust, telecommunications, and information technology practice groups as senior vice president of the public affairs firm, Powell Tate.

Immediately before founding Olive Edwards, Mr. Olive was associated with another legislative counseling firm. There, he provided public policy and public affairs services to clients in transportation, publishing, health care, and appropriations legislation and regulation.

Before coming to Washington, Mr. Olive served as president of Care First Inc., a nursing home management company in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He also directed the legal division of Donrey Media Group, a multimedia news and advertising concern. He served on the board and was president of the Fort Smith Rotary Club.

Mr. Olive practiced law as a partner in the Birmingham, Alabama, firm of McMillan & Spratling.  There, he had a general civil practice, specializing in news media and insurance defense.  He is admitted to practice law in Alabama, Arkansas, the Fifth, Eighth, and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Mr. Olive clerked for U.S. District Judge Clarence W. Allgood after earning his juris doctor at the Cumberland School of Law.  His bachelor’s degree is from Samford University. He has taught at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, University of Montevallo, and Webster University-Fort Smith. In 2005, The Hill, named David one of the top Homeland Security lobbyists in Washington, D.C.
 

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