Kyle is a civil litigator. Trial practice requires storytelling, and Kyle enjoys all aspects of building a trial record. Kyle’s experience includes handling all aspects of trial practice – from jury trials to emergency injunction hearings, and from expert discovery to case management and budgeting. Kyle’s frequent briefing experience includes successfully dismissing a mass tort claim for carbon monoxide poisoning at a hockey rink and authoring an amicus brief on behalf of the League of Wisconsin Municipalities addressing Wisconsin’s governmental immunity law – a matter Kyle also argued before the Wisconsin Supreme Court.In state court, Kyle frequently defends municipalities against claims ranging from negligence and violations of Wisconsin’s Safe Place Law to nuisance and defamation claims. In federal court, Kyle has appeared defending municipalities against civil rights claims alleging excessive force and fair housing violations, in addition to claims brought under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) for environmental cleanup costs. Kyle’s commercial litigation experience includes fair dealership claims, corporate control contests, whistleblower claims involving misappropriation of trade secrets, defending class actions alleging professional liability arising from financial investments and multi-state statutory fraud claims involving administration of Wisconsin’s Medicaid program. Kyle also co-authors the Wisconsin Bar Association’s publications on Trade Secrets and Tortious Interference with Contractual Relations. Kyle is admitted to practice law in Wisconsin, the Eastern and Western District Courts of Wisconsin, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.

Appointee following 2018 State Bar Leadership Summit

The Fellows comprise a global honorary society of attorneys, judges, law faculty, and legal scholars whose public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the highest principles of the legal profession and to the welfare of their communities. Membership in the Fellows is limited to 1% of lawyers licensed to practice in each jurisdiction. Fellows are recommended by their peers and elected by the Board of the American Bar Foundation.

Kyle discovered the Madison Parks Foundation when he learned that his firm traces its origins to John Olin, the same man who helped found the Foundation's predecessor - the Madison's Park and Pleasure Drive Association. Today, Kyle and Stafford continue to give back to their community by supporting the Madison Parks Foundation whose current initiatives include creating all-inclusive playgrounds which helps make sure our natural spaces are enjoyed by everyone.

Our parks and open spaces are a part of what makes Madison exceptional. We owe it all to the extraordinary civic effort of people like the Olins, Tenney, Owens and Vilases, who left a legacy for generations to come. Private support like yours is essential in creating a lasting legacy.

Conduct legal research and writing regarding law and development concentrating on international economic law.

Investigate, research and litigate claims of innocence on behalf of wrongfully convicted including successfully securing relief for client who had served more than two decades in prison.

My employment during school is now to blame for my zeal for fine wine and a well-executed dinner party.