Frank R. Olson
Partner
ATLANTA BORN, ATLANTA BRED…
An Atlanta native (born at Northside Hospital), Frank joined the Firm as an equity partner in 2014 with John Andrle. He focuses his practice on community association representation, creditors’ rights, collections, landlord/tenant disputes, foreclosures, tax sale matters, title curative litigation, and general real estate litigation. Frank represents individual property owners, nonprofits, neighborhoods, homeowner and condominium associations, real estate builders and developers, real estate agents and brokers, real estate appraisers, title insurance companies, and other real estate professionals.
Frank has been licensed to practice law since 1997. He brings to the Firm decades of overall legal experience, including decades of legal experience exclusively dedicated to real estate law, Condo and HOA representation, and creditors’ rights. Over his career, Frank has litigated thousands of cases to settlement or, when settlement is not possible, through trial and appeals, zealously and tirelessly striving for his clients at every step.
Prior to joining the Firm, Frank managed McCurdy & Candler’s Default Litigation Department for 9 years, overseeing thousands of cases and supervising several attorneys and paralegals during his tenure. Frank also created and implemented McCurdy & Candler’s compliance procedures for the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (“RESPA”), Truth in Lending Act (“TILA”), Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) and the Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act (“SCRA”), and regularly trained employees on those laws.
Prior to McCurdy & Candler, Frank worked at both a creditors’ rights real estate litigation firm and an Atlanta boutique plaintiffs’ firm, representing litigants in complex state and federal litigation. Frank is licensed to practice in Georgia, North Carolina (currently inactive) and Tennessee (currently inactive).
In the Profession
Speaking Engagements and Trainings:
Community Associations Institute - Education Seminars, 2014-present. Topics Presented: HOA Foreclosures, Zoning, HOA Collections, HUD/FHA Complaints, and Litigation.
HOA Board Training, Heritage Property Management, 2014-present. Topics Presented: HOA Foreclosures, Garnishments, HUD/FHA Complaints, Litigation, and HOA Collections.
DeKalb County HOA Bootcamp, 2016. Topics Presented: Community Association Collections; Community Association Covenant Enforcement.
Georgia HOA Bootcamp, 2015. Topics Presented: Community Association Elections; Community Association Covenant Enforcement; Protecting Your HOA.
Real Property Foreclosure, ICLE in Georgia Seminar, 2013 (televised live on Georgia Public Broadcasting).
Foreclosure and Repossession in Georgia, Lorman Business Institute CLE Seminar, 2005.
Representative Cases:
Woodland Hills Townhomes v. Ross & Kennett, A25A1611 (Ga. Court of Appeals, 2026) (On appeal, obtained reversal of trial court’s improper reduction of HOA’s legitimately incurred attorney fees and assessments). https://www.gaappeals.gov/wp-content/themes/benjamin/docket/results_one_record.php?docr_case_num=A25A1611
Allied Property Group LLC v. Perrin Oaks HOA et al. (Gwinnett County Superior Court, 2025) (Secured dismissal of homeowner’s breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, and other claims against HOA and Board members individually).
Legacy at Sinclair Condo. Ass’n. v. Legacy at Sinclair LLC et al. (Baldwin County Superior Court, 2023) (Secured substantial six-figure settlement for condo association against developer in alleged negligent construction, breach of fiduciary duty, and fraud case).
Bayles v. OneWest Bank FSB, Case No. 2:11-CV-225-RWS (Northern District of Georgia, 2012) (Won summary judgment in federal court for lender client in a wrongful foreclosure, promissory estoppel and fraud case, and defeated appeal at 11th Circuit Court of Appeals). https://cases.justia.com/federal/appellate-courts/ca11/13-10282/13-10282-2013-10-08.pdf?ts=1411126398
Kabir v. StateBridge Co. LLC, 2011 WL 4500050 (Northern District of Georgia, 2011) (Secured dismissal in federal court of a borrower’s claims for fraud, negligence, and promissory estoppel against her lender). https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/georgia/gandce/1:2011cv02747/177298/8/
Household Financial Services, Inc. v. Neighbors (In re Neighbors), 2007 WL 7022203 (Bankruptcy Southern District of Georgia, 2007) (Defeated Bankruptcy Trustee’s attempt to cancel lender’s $200k+ mortgage lien and sell property free and clear of mortgage).
Paul et al. v. Destito, 250 Ga. App. 631 (Ga. Court of Appeals, 2001) (After a week-long jury trial, secured multi-million dollar verdict for client in a breach of fiduciary duty and alter ego liability case, and successfully defended the appeal). https://law.justia.com/cases/georgia/court-of-appeals/2001/a01a0185-0.html
In re ValuJet Air Crash (Fulton County Superior Court, 1998) (secured multi-million dollar settlement for the family of a mother and daughter who perished in the 1996 ValuJet crash in the Florida Everglades). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ValuJet_Flight_592
On a Personal Note
Frank has the distinction of being the only attorney at the Firm to successfully argue a motion before the United States Supreme Court - a motion to admit his father, Lowell W. Olson, who was also an attorney, to that Court’s bar. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/183518103
In his personal time, Frank enjoys spending time with his wife Karla and two sons, Reid and Carter; traveling to National Parks and abroad; golfing; camping; hiking; sailing in the Caribbean and on Lake Lanier; and, oddly enough, working on cars, including his beloved air-cooled Porsche 911 Targa, despite having no formal mechanic’s training! Most of them still run, he says.
Frank and his family actively attend Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in East Cobb, and Frank currently serves as the Advancement Chair for Boy Scout Troop 955 in Marietta. https://www.troopwebhost.org/Troop955Marietta/Index.htm
Education
Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1994, English Literature and Sociology.
Southern Methodist University School of Law, J.D., 1997.
Admitted TO PRACTICE in
Georgia, North Carolina (currently inactive) and Tennessee (currently inactive); Supreme Court of the United States; Sixth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal; all federal district courts in Georgia and Tennessee; all state courts in Georgia and Tennessee.