Sean Olender graduated from the University of San Diego School of Law where he graduated in the top third of his class. He earned his Bachelor's degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

He currently organizes Continuing Legal Education programs for attorneys in the San Francisco Bay Area focusing on business immigration issues. He has authored a published Continuing Legal Education guide to E-2 Treaty Investor Visas and is currently working on a Labor Certification guide for an upcoming panel discussion on Labor Certification and Reduction-in-Recruitment processing.

In 1996, he authored articles for the California Regulatory Law Reporter, a publication that monitors and evaluates rulemaking and the internal management of California's state agencies. He has delivered business immigration seminars to Human Resources professional associations and currently organizes continuing legal education programs for business immigration attorneys sponsored jointly by the San Francisco Bar Association and the American Immigration Lawyers Association Northern California Chapter.

Vice Chair, Barrister's Club Immigration Committee Secretary, Legislative Affairs Committee, NCHRA California State Bar San Francisco Bar Association American Immigration Lawyer's Association Phi Delta Phi Legal Honors Fraternity Volunteer, VLSP Asylum Project, San Francisco Bar Association