Kyle Richard Olson is Senior Counsel in The Boeing Company’s Law Department. Kyle provides legal and strategic counsel to leaders across Boeing units. With experience in Boeing’s commercial airplanes sales and strategy divisions, Kyle now advises the company’s international defense division, with a focus on supply chain for missiles and weapons systems. Kyle began with Boeing in September 2022.



Kyle’s role in house at Boeing follows nearly 13 years in the Chicago office with the international law firm, Baker McKenzie, where he was a Partner in the Firm’s complex commercial litigation and international arbitration practices. Kyle led high value cases for multi-national clients in courtrooms and arbitration venues across the world. Kyle has also published multiple articles, including in Legal500, Bloomberg, McGill University Journal of Dispute Resolution, and The Chicago Tribune.



Kyle earned his J.D. cum laude, from Northwestern University School of Law, M.A. with Merit from King’s College London, and B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, from Wake Forest University. Kyle hales from Chicago and is the proud dad of twin daughters. He also sits on the Board of Directors for Almost Home Kids – an affiliate of Chicago’s Lurie Children’s Hospital – which provides transitional and respite care for medically complex children and their families.