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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowPresident Donald Trump announced the nomination Friday of Indianapolis attorney Justin Olson to fill a long-vacant federal judge seat on the Indiana Southern District Court bench.
Olson, a Kroger Gardis & Regas LLP attorney, has been representing three former University of Pennsylvania women swimmers that sued Penn, Harvard University, the Ivy League and the Indianapolis-based NCAA for alleged Title IX violations by allowing transgender swimmer Lia Thomas to compete on Penn’s women’s swim team in 2021-2022.
In his TruthSocial post, Trump noted that Olson, as a litigator “has been fighting tirelessly to keep men out of women’s sports”
The president also said Olson previously distinguished himself as an assistant U.S. attorney in Indianapolis.
“Hoosiers can trust Justin to always uphold the Rule of Law, and strongly protect their Constitutional Rights,” Trump posted.
Olson was nominated to fill the Indiana Southern District judge post that has been vacant since July 2024, when Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson took senior status.
In his social media post, Trump noted that Olson graduated magna cum laude from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law.
The Kroger Gardis website said Olson was an assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, Civil Division. He served as the civil health care fraud coordinator and civil opioid coordinator
At Kroger Gardis, Olson represents and advises clients on health care fraud and abuse, the False Claims Act enforcement and Controlled Substances Act regulatory compliance and enforcement.
He also advises clients in responding to government subpoenas, civil investigative demands and requests for information, as well as in navigating and resolving government investigations.
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