Evan Young | |
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| Justice of theTexas Supreme Court | |
| Assumed office November 10, 2021 | |
| Appointed by | Greg Abbott |
| Preceded by | Eva Guzman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Evan Andrew Young (1976-09-14)September 14, 1976 (age 48) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Tobi Merritt Edwards |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | Duke University (BA) Magdalen College, Oxford (BA) Yale University (JD) |
Evan Andrew Young[1] (born September 14, 1976) is an American lawyer who has served as a justice of theSupreme Court of Texas since 2021.
Young graduated fromTom C. Clark High School inSan Antonio, and then earned aBachelor of Arts in history fromDuke University in 1999, where he graduatedsumma cum laude and was inducted intoPhi Beta Kappa. He was also selected as aMarshall Scholar, and earned a Bachelor of Arts fromMagdalen College, Oxford. He graduated fromYale Law School in 2004. Following law school, Young served as alaw clerk to JudgeJ. Harvie Wilkinson III of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and Associate JusticeAntonin Scalia of theSupreme Court of the United States.[2][3]
Young then served as counsel to theUnited States Attorney General duringGeorge W. Bush's second term, during which time he was detailed toBaghdad,Iraq as part of the U.S. Government’s Rule of Law mission. He later became a partner atBaker Botts, where he chaired the firm's Supreme Court and Constitutional Law practice group.[3]
Young was a member of the Texas Judicial Council from 2017 to 2021. He has been an adjunct professor at theUniversity of Texas School of Law and theUniversity of Mississippi School of Law.[3]
Following JusticeEva Guzman's resignation,[4] GovernorGreg Abbott appointed Young to theSupreme Court of Texas on November 1, 2021.[2] He took the oath of office on November 10, 2021, and was elected to a six-year term in 2022.[3]
Young lives inAustin with his wife,Tobi Merritt Edwards Young, and their daughter.[3] An enrolled citizen of theChickasaw Nation, Tobi Young clerked for JusticeNeil Gorsuch in 2018–19, and is believed to be the first member of aNative American tribe to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court law clerk.[5]
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