Contact Information:
Phone: 608.283.6724
Email: molson@axley.com

Legal Assistant: Theresa Doty
Phone: 608.283.6791
Email: tdoty@axley.com

Mitchell Olson is a partner in the firm and member of the firm's Litigation Practice Group. Mr. Olson concentrates his practice in civil litigation, real estate, land use and zoning, municipal, insurance and appellate law. He is admitted to practice before all state and federal courts of Wisconsin.

Significant Representations:

• Obtained temporary injunction for contractor client vacating half-million dollar subcontractor lien claims after three-day evidentiary hearing in Dane County Circuit Court
• Obtained a jury verdict in favor of a Wisconsin County dismissing landowner’s timber trespass lawsuit
• Prevailed in court trial on breach of contract claim brought by insurance agents against insurance agency finding failure to pay commissions earned on agents’ books of business
• Obtained permanent injunction in Vilas County action on behalf of landowners, preventing neighboring developer from using landowners' private roadway to access new development, based on overburden of tenancy in common and application of restrictive covenants; affirmed on appeal, and published at Nettesheim v. S.G. New Age Products, Inc., 702 N.W.2d 449, 2005 WI App 169 (2005)
• Represented several major real estate development firms in northern and central Wisconsin on all aspects of recreational land developments, including creation and expansion of condominiums, road maintenance agreements, homeowners' associations, easements, boundary disputes and general litigation
• Prevailed in the Court of Appeals, reversing trial court judgment, on behalf of real estate agent, establishing agent's right to sales commission during extension of listing period under standard listing contract; Salewske v. Depies, 239 Wis. 2d 594, 620 N.W.2d 482 (Ct. App. 2000)
• Represented Wisconsin town governments with respect to all zoning matters, including circuit court enforcement actions

• Member, Wisconsin Defense Counsel
• Member, State Bar of Wisconsin
• Member, Dane County Bar Association
• Board of directors, Northwoods Land Trust, Eagle River, Wisconsin
• Named as a 2010 Rising Star in General Litigation by Wisconsin Super Lawyers
• CV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings

• Author, “When Are Answers to Requests to Admit Binding? The Aftermath of Luckett v. Bodner.” Wisconsin Civil Trial Journal. Spring 2010.
• Speaker, "Understand the Development & Utilization of the Comprehensive Plan." Presented at NBI Seminar, Land Use Law: Current Issues in Subdivision, Annexation and Zoning. Nov. 5, 2007.
• Speaker, "Challenging a Rezoning Decision." Presented at NBI Seminar, Practical Guide to Zoning and Land Use Law. June 2007 & 2008.
• Author, "The R.S. 2477 Right of Way Dispute: Constructing a Solution." Environmental Law. Vol. 27, Issue 1. 1997.

• Adverse Possession: When Does a Claimant Lose His Right to Establish His Claim? (2/1/2012)
• Fair Market Value of Environmentally Contaminated Property (1/17/2012)
• Court of Appeals Affirms DNR Target Water Levels for Lake Koshkonong (8/9/2011)
• Wisconsin's Smart Growth Law: Recent Changes and Future Expectations (3/29/2011)
• Wisconsin Weakens Smart Growth Comprehensive Planning Law (5/27/2010)
• Wisconsin Court of Appeals Distinguishes Area and Use Variances in Context of a Conditional Use (5/24/2010)
• Deep Tunnel Causes Adjacent Building Collapse: Wisconsin Court of Appeals Clarifies Takings Law (1/9/2009)
• Rental Cabin Falls Outside Wisconsin's Valued Policy Statute (3/20/2008)

Videos:

• Smart Growth, Wisconsin's Comprehensive Planning Law (2/3/2011)
  

Podcasts:

• Zoning Ordinance Amendments in Wisconsin (1/2/2009)