About Kyle K.
Kyle K. Morishita earned a B.A. in sociology from the University of California, Davis, and a J.D. from the University of California, Davis, School of Law. While in law school he completed the Public Service Law Program and the Pro Bono Program, and later joined the Immigration Law Clinic Alumni Council. Those early academic and clinical experiences informed the direction of his legal work.
He began his legal career in clerking positions. In 2010 he served as a law clerk at Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP. Two years later he took a clerkship with the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, where he worked on federal matters and observed courtroom procedure from the judge’s perspective. By 2014 he was practicing as a lawyer in private law offices, gaining experience on the client side of litigation and advisory work.
Morishita moved into public sector work more recently. In 2023 he joined the San Francisco City Lawyer’s Office as a Deputy City Lawyer. His admissions include California, the District of Columbia, and Nevada, reflecting a practice that has spanned different jurisdictions and professional communities.
Outside day-to-day practice he has sustained extensive involvement in bar and community organizations. He has served on the Nevada Bar Foundation’s Board of Trustees since 2021 and on the Alameda County Bar Association’s Racial Justice Task Force since 2022. He has been a Big Brother with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Nevada since 2015 and has maintained ties to immigration advocacy through the Immigration Law Clinic Alumni Council since 2011. Earlier roles include membership on the executive committee of The Howard D. McKibben American Inn of Court and leadership of the Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha.
Those experiences bring a mix of federal court exposure, private practice work, clinical immigration training, and municipal government practice. He has handled research, brief writing, and client counseling across those settings and has worked alongside both judges and city officials. Colleagues describe him as methodical in legal analysis and steady in courtroom and administrative settings.
Today he is based in the San Francisco City Lawyer’s Office, where he represents city departments and advises on municipal legal matters. His current practice centers on legal issues that affect city government operations, compliance, and litigation risk.
