Kyle M. Matous (JD '12) named Chief of Staff for Congressman Pete Sessions

January 5, 2016 --  Pepperdine Law alumnus Kyle M. Matous (JD '12) has been named Chief of Staff at the U.S. House of Representatives, Office of Congressman Pete Sessions.  Congressman Sessions, who represents Texas's 32nd congressional district, is Chairman of the House Rules Committee and a Member of House Republican Leadership.

 

via Washington, DC Staff - Congressman Pete Sessions:

Kyle Matous grew up in Temple, Texas, and graduated in 2007 from the University of Virginia, where he studied American Politics. Before beginning law school at Pepperdine University in 2009, he worked for the Rimm-Kaufman Group, a Charlottesville-based search and digital marketing agency. During law school, Kyle clerked for the Ugandan Commercial Court in Kampala, Uganda, in international commercial arbitration for WilmerHale in London, UK, and for the Institute for Justice, a Washington-based nonprofit constitutional law firm.

 

Kyle started working on the Hill as a staff assistant for the House Committee on Rules for Chairman David Dreier in 2012. He served Chairman Sessions as a policy assistant for nine months with the Committee before moving to work as a legislative assistant in his personal office. Kyle then worked as the Policy Director for the Rules Committee before being named Chief of Staff for the Congressman.