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Debra L. Olsson

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Debra L. Olsson
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Prior offices:
Rhode Island Workers' Compensation Court
Education
Bachelor's
Wellesley College, 1979
Law
Suffolk University Law School, 1982
Personal
Profession
Acting deputy director, Department of Workers' Compensation


Debra L. Olsson was an associate judge on the Rhode Island Workers' Compensation Court.[1] Olsson was first appointed to the court in 1991 by Governor Bruce Sundlun (D).[2]

Rhode Island Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul A. Suttell appointed Olsson as interim chief judge of the court in 2015. Following the retirement of George E. Healy, Jr. on July 31, Olsson served in this position until Robert M. Ferrieri was chosen by Gov. Gina Raimondo and approved by the state Senate in 2016.[3][4]

Education

Olsson earned her B.A. in political science from Wellesley College in 1979 and her J.D. from Suffolk University Law School in 1982.[2]

Career

Prior to her judicial appointment in 1991, Olsson was chief legal counsel for the Department of Worker's Compensation for the State of Rhode Island from 1983 to 1985. She also worked as acting deputy director for the Department of Workers' Compensation of the State of Rhode Island from 1985 to 1988 and again in 1991.[2]

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