Matthew Sessions is an associate in the Orange County office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. His practice focuses on commercial litigation, white collar defense and investigations, and labor and employment matters.

Matthew has been recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™ for Commercial Litigation, and Criminal Defense: White-Collar (2022-2024).

He earned his Juris Doctor summa cum laude  and as the valedictorian from Pepperdine University School of Law in 2015, where he was the Essays & Reviews Editor of the Pepperdine Law Review  and president of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society. Matthew also served as the litigation supervisor for Pepperdine’s Special Education Clinic. He received his Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Utah in 2012.

In 2016 and 2017, Matthew served as a judicial clerk for the Hon. Carol Bagley Amon of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

He is fluent in Spanish and uses it frequently in his work.

Matthew is admitted to practice law in the state of California.