Mr. Olah received his Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in 1970 from York University (Glendon College) and his Bachelor of Law from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1973. He was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1975. Mr. Olah has appeared at all levels of courts, including the Court of Appeal for the Supreme Court of Canada. His practice centres on civil litigation, including complex tort and commercial litigation. He was co-chairman of a number of programs by the Ontario Bar Association. He is the author of a number of articles on civil litigation and criminal law. He has lectured at Windsor Law School, McGill Law School and the Ontario Bar Association on a variety of subjects. He was a guest instructor and demonstrator in advocacy at the Intensive Advocacy Program for trial lawyers at Osgoode Hall Law School. He also taught advocacy at Osgoode Hall Law School. Recently, Mr. Olah lectured to the Continuing Legal Education Society of Nova Scotia at a seminar entitled “Advocacy Today and Tomorrow”, the Advocates’ Society in Ottawa on “Creative Advocacy” and the Young Lawyers Section of the Ontario Bar Association on demonstrative evidence. He is the author of the recently published The Art and Science of Advocacy, a textbook for lawyers on trial tactics and trial procedure.
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