Olsen, M. Kent

Current Employment Position(s)

Founder and Senior Partner

Lawyer Overview

M. KENT OLSEN is a partner in Olsen & Traeger, LLP specializing in estate planning, estate administration, will contests, trust and estate litigation, guardianships, conservatorships, advance medical directives and elder law. Mr. Olsen was magistrate of the Denver Probate Court for six years. A member of the Trust and Estate Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association, he is past chair of the section, past chair of the Rules and Forms Committee, past column editor for the Estate and Trust forum of the Colorado Lawyer, co-chaired the Protective Proceedings Act subcommittee and now serves on the Statutory Revisions Committee. Mr. Olsen was an appointed member of the Governor's Commission on Life and the Law. He is also a member of the Denver, Colorado and American bar associations, as well as the Denver Estate Planning Council. In addition to being a former instructor for paralegals and a member of the advisory board of Denver Career College, Mr. Olsen is a frequent author and lecturer on probate, disabilities planning, health care treatment, protective proceedings, legal ethics and issues on aging. He is past president of the Colorado Fund for People with Disabilities, Inc., "pooled" Medicaid trust, and past president of the Advocacy Denver, an advocacy organization for people with developmental disabilities. His name appears in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World and in Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.  Selected to Colorado Super Lawyers 2006 to the present.

Areas of Practice

• Estate and Trust Litigation
• Wills and Estate Planning
• Elder Law
• Guardianship and Conservatorship
• Estate and Trust Administration
• Probate
• Medicare and Medicaid
• Trust Law
• Disabilities
• Mediation

West Practice Categories

Mediation, Estate Planning, Elder Law, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Trusts, Wills, Medicare & Medicaid, Disability, Litigation & Appeals, Probate & Estate Administration, Estate Administration

Bar Admissions

• Colorado, 1975
• U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 1975
• U.S. Tax Court, 1982

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Adult Care Management, Inc., 1985 - 1995 (Member, Board of Directors)
• The Arc of Denver, 2004 - Present (President)
• The Arc of Denver, 1989 - Present (Member)
• The Arc of Denver, 1992 - 1994 (Vice-President)
• The Arc of Denver, 1994 - 1996, 2004 - 2006 (President)
• Colorado Fund for People with Disabilities, 1994 - Present (Member)
• Colorado Fund for People with Disabilities, 1994 - 2000 (President)
• Denver Bar Association (Member)
• Colorado Bar Association (- Chairman, Trust and Estate Law Section, 1990 - 1991)
• - Past Chair, Rules and Forms Committee
• - Past Column Editor, Estate and Trust Forum, Colorado Lawyer
• - Co-Chair, Protective Proceedings Act Subcommittee
• - Statutory Revisions Committee (- Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (Member)
• National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (Member)
• Denver Estate Planning Council (Member)
• Colorado Association for Homes and Services for the Aging (Member)

Honors and Awards

• Who's Who in American Law, 2000 - Present
• Who's Who in America, 2001 - Present
• Who's Who in the World, 2003 - Present
• Martindale-Hubbell Bar Registration of Preeminent Lawyers
• Colorado Super Lawyers, 2006 - Present

Classes and Seminars

• Frequent Lecturer, Continuing Legal Education Programs
• Former Instructor for Paralegals/Advisory Board, Denver Career College
• Guest Lecturer Sturm College of Law at University of Denver

Past Employment Positions

• Sixteenth Judicial District Attorneys Office, Deputy District Attorney, 1977 - 1978
• Denver Probate Court, Referee/Magistrate, 1983 - 1989
• Governor's Commission on Life and Law, Member, 1990 - 2000
• Private Practice 1975 - 1983; 1989 - Present

Education

• University of Denver College of Law, Denver, Colorado, 1975
  J.D.
• Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1970
  B.S.
  Major: History

Address

650 S. Cherry Street
Suite 850
Denver, CO 80246

Phones

(800) 410-8496 (Toll Free)
(303) 329-4670

Faxes

(303) 329-4671

Emails

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Websites

http://www.olsentraeger.com