Tracy A. Olson, Associate at our Phoenix law office
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Tracy A. Olson

Associate
Biography

Tracy Olson provides creative representation to clients in high-stakes matters including constitutional rights, governmental relations, election law, and healthcare law.

Constitutional Litigation and Compliance

Tracy advises clients regarding their constitutional rights (businesses, industry groups, individuals) and constitutional powers (governmental entities). In court, she develops sophisticated constitutional strategy at both the trial and appellate level and is well versed in federal constitutional issues, including substantive and procedural due process, the Seventeenth Amendment, and voting rights. Tracy’s experience also includes state constitutional issues, including the gift clause, expenditure clause, and separation of powers. Outside of court, Tracy counsels both public and private entities on constitutional compliance questions in consequential transactions and governmental action. Tracy is recognized as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers and the Arizona Capitol Times for her work in constitutional law.

Appellate Practice

Drawing on her experience as a law clerk at the Arizona Supreme Court, Tracy frequently represents clients in appeals, before the Ninth Circuit, U.S. Supreme Court, Arizona Court of Appeals, and the Arizona Supreme Court. Based on her experience with administrative and trial court matters, Tracy knows how to build a record to support later appeals. She also frequently represents clients as amicus curiae to promote industry objectives in cases of statewide or nationwide importance.

Governmental Relations & Administrative Law

Tracy represents both public and private sector clients in a wide variety of governmental matters. For private-sector clients, Tracy assists clients in making public records requests, responding to governmental subpoenas, advocating at administrative agencies, and helping clients understand their obligations to governmental entities. She also helps client craft model legislation to achieve industry specific goals. For public-sector clients, Tracy counsels branches of government, agencies, and political subdivisions on scope of authority and other related questions.

Election Law Challenges and Political Compliance

Throughout the election cycle, Tracy serves as counsel to candidates and political action committees regarding campaign finance compliance and complaints from the Federal Elections Commission, Arizona Secretary of State, Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission (i.e., Voters Right to Know Act or Prop 211 compliance), and other regulators. She also assists public officials with financial disclosure reporting.

Tracy is experienced in challenging and defending candidate or initiative petitions based on line-item and sheet wide deficiencies. She is also versed in post-election challenges to ballot initiatives on various constitutional grounds.

Healthcare Regulatory Board Matters

Tracy has represented dozens of clients in response to complaints from the Arizona Medical Board, Arizona State Board of Nursing, Arizona Board of Behavioral Health, Arizona Nursing Care Institution Administrators, and Assisted Living Facilities Managers Board, among others.

Credentials

Bar Admissions

  • Arizona


Court Admissions

  • Supreme Court of Arizona
  • United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
  • United States District Court, District of Arizona
  • United States Supreme Court


Education

  • Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude)
    • Order of the Coif
    • Editor-in-Chief, Arizona State Law Journal
    • Women Law Students’ Association, President
    • Center for Law, Science & Innovation Certificate and Center Scholar
    • Willard H. Pedrick, Scholar
    • CALI awards: Constitutional Law II; Law, Accounting & Finance; The Moral Leader
  • Southern Methodist University, Edwin L. Cox School of Business (B.B.A., Accounting)
    • Honors in Liberal Arts
Experience

Awards & Recognition

  • Southwest Super Lawyers®, Rising Stars Edition, Constitutional Law (2024)
  • Arizona Capitol Times, Rising Star (2023)
  • The Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation (2024-2025); Corporate Governance and Compliance Law (2025)

Representative Experience

  • Represented telecommunications company in lawsuit regarding Congressional subpoena of customer information
  • Represented industry stakeholders in constitutional challenge to statewide ballot initiative regarding income tax surcharge
  • Defended large, higher education institution concerning a gift clause challenge to a development agreement with private hospitality entity
  • Represented industry stakeholders in expedited, pre-election challenge to statewide ballot initiative, challenging over 190,000 signatures
  • Represented more than a dozen healthcare professionals from healthcare company in regulatory board matters
  • Represented hospitals in complex medical malpractice lawsuit concerning peer review and quality assurance privileges
  • Represented constitutional officers in several cases concerning the constitutionality of statewide actions
  • Represented multiple federal and state candidates regarding political committee formation and campaign compliance including campaign finance, vendor management, and financial disclosures
  • Represented individuals and candidates in connection to pre-election challenges to candidate and initiative ballot qualification
  • Represented and advised individuals and committees in potential and actual post-election challenge to ballot initiatives
  • Advised businesses concerning corporate political activity and boundaries.
  • Represented governmental entities, committees, organizations, and individuals in constitutional challenges in state and federal courts
  • Represented physicians, nurses, physical therapists, and behavioral health professionals regarding complaints in front of licensing boards
  • Represented private practices and physicians in governmental payor investigations and self-disclosures
  • Represented multiple groups in filing amicus briefs in state and federal supreme courts related to constitutional, regulatory, and election matters

Previous Professional Experience

  • Arizona Supreme Court, Judicial Law Clerk to Hon. Clint Bolick (2017-2018)
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, Judicial Extern to Hon. James Teilborg (2016)
  • Snell & Wilmer, Summer Associate (2016)
  • JDA Software, Legal Intern (2015-2016)

Professional Memberships and Activities

  • Arizona Women Leading Government
  • Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations, Member (2018 – Present)
  • Federalist Society, Member (2018 – Present)
  • Arizona Society of Healthcare Attorneys (2021 – Present)

Community Involvement

  • Ballet Arizona’s Contemporary Council
    • Member (2021- Present)
    • Chairwoman (2018-2021)
  • Valley Leadership Catalyze Cohort (2022-2023)

Representative Presentations and Publications