Making a Federal Case of IT: The Basics of Section 1983 Litigation [Pt. 1] (Presented by the Federal Bar Association’s Constitutional & Civil Rights Law Section and the Federal Judicial Law Clerk Committee)

Kyle received his J.D., with high distinction, from the University of Iowa College of Law in 2003, where he was Senior Managing Editor of the Iowa Law Review, was awarded the Hancher-Finkbine Medallion, and was inducted into Order of the Coif. Kyle received his bachelor’s degree in journalism from Drake University, summa cum laude, in 2000.

Kyle Kaiser is an Assistant Attorney General in the Education Division of the Utah Attorney General’s Office. From 2011 through 2025 he practiced in the office’s Litigation Division, where he rose to Senior Trial Counsel, defending claims of constitutional or civil rights violations brought against the State of Utah, its agents, agencies, and subdivisions, and Utah colleges and school districts. He serves as a judge pro tempore for the Salt Lake City Justice Court, presiding over civil small claims matters, sits on the Board of Directors of Utah Law-Related Education, and teaches as an adjunct professor at the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah. He was also named a nominee for a Third District Court vacancy. He presents regularly for the Federal Bar Association’s Civil Rights Law Section, including moderating a program on key SCOTUS civil rights decisions from the 2021–22 term. Earlier in his career, he served as Staff Attorney for Justice Dale Wainwright of the Supreme Court of Texas, where he oversaw the Court’s law clerk program. He earned his journalism degree summa cum laude from Drake University and is licensed to practice law in Utah, Texas, and Minnesota.

Away from the office, Kyle is an Associate Adjunct Professor of Law at the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah, where he teaches Civil Rights Litigation; acts as Judge Pro Tempore for the Salt Lake Justice Court; and sits on the Board of Utah Law-Related Education.

Kyle’s practice includes defending and advising postsecondary education institutions in Utah. For fifteen years, Kyle served in the Litigation Division of the Office, where he defended claims of constitutional or civil rights violations brought against the State of Utah, its agents, agencies, and subdivisions. Before working for the Utah AG’s Office, Kyle was employed as Staff Attorney for Justice Dale Wainwright of the Supreme Court of Texas. Before that, Kyle was a litigation and intellectual property associate with the law firm of Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and served as a law clerk for Richard Dorr, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, in Springfield.

Kyle enjoys spending time with his wife Pearl, their daughter Cora, and their cat Milo; camping around Utah and travelling around the world; and playing percussion publicly with a local community band and playing piano in the privacy of his own home.