# Justin Olson
Chief Legal, Compliance & Risk Officer and General Counsel
## Career chronology
- **Current; start date unverified: Lake Resources** — Chief Legal, Compliance & Risk Officer and General Counsel. [Board and management]() (management biography)
- **Prior role; dates not independently established: McDermott International** — Chief compliance officer. [Board and management]() (Justin Olson biography)
## Personal achievements
### Relevant reported background [olson_career]
Prior roles and current tenure · issuer reported · medium materiality
Lake reports prior roles in legal and compliance at McDermott, Aker Solutions and Technip, and reports Baylor Law and University of Washington degrees.
**Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. Issuer reports the roles; individual contributions and independent confirmation are limited.
**Relevance:** Relevant to present responsibilities.
[Board and management]() (Justin Olson biography: previous roles and reported degrees)
## Governance and interests
### Prior McDermott compliance role during restructuring [olson_mdr]
2018–2023 · documented · medium materiality
Lake reports that Olson previously served as McDermott chief compliance officer, but the dates of his role were not verified. McDermott entered Chapter 11 in 2020; a 2023 SEC settlement found CEO and CFO reporting violations concerning a 2018 project forecast. The SEC order does not identify Olson as a respondent.
**Attribution:** Employer context; no individual link established. Tenure overlap and any individual role in the reporting matter are not established.
**Relevance:** Relevant context for legal and compliance oversight.
[Board and management]() (Justin Olson biography); [McDermott voluntary restructuring]() (restructuring release); [Administrative proceeding against former McDermott executives]() (respondents pp.1–2)
## Evidence gaps
- Precise dates, duties and independent qualifications are not fully verified.
- No evidence connects Olson to the conduct in the SEC order.