Evan Andrew Young (born September 14, 1976) is an American lawyer who has served as a justice of the

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since 2021.

Education and career

Young graduated from

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, and then earned a

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in history from

Duke University Duke University is a Private university, private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity, North Carolina, Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1 ...

in 1999, where he graduated ''summa cum laude'' and was inducted into

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. He was also selected as a

Marshall Scholar The Marshall Scholarship is a postgraduate scholarship for "intellectually distinguished young Americans ndtheir country's future leaders" to study at any university in the United Kingdom. It is considered among the most prestigious scholarshi ...

, and earned a Bachelor of Arts from

Magdalen College, Oxford Magdalen College ( ) is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford. It was founded in 1458 by Bishop of Winchester William of Waynflete. It is one of the wealthiest Oxford colleges, as of 2022, and ...

. He graduated from

Yale Law School Yale Law School (YLS) is the law school of Yale University, a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. It was established in 1824. The 2020–21 acceptance rate was 4%, the lowest of any law school in the United ...

in 2004. Following law school, Young served as a

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to Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the

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and Associate Justice

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of the

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. Young then served as counsel to the

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during

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's second term, during which time he was detailed to

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as part of the U.S. Government’s Rule of Law mission. He later became a partner at

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, where he chaired the firm's Supreme Court and Constitutional Law practice group. Young was a member of the Texas Judicial Council from 2017 to 2021. He has been an adjunct professor at the

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and the

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Judicial service

Following Justice

Eva Guzman Eva Martinez Guzman (born January 12, 1961) is an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as a member of the Texas Supreme Court from 2009 to 2021. In 2022, she became a partner at Wright Close & Barger, LLP in Houston, Texas. Guzma ...

's resignation, Governor

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appointed Young to the

on November 1, 2021. He took the oath of office on November 10, 2021, and was elected to a six-year term in 2022.

Personal life

Young lives in

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with his wife, Tobi Merritt Edwards Young, and their daughter. An enrolled citizen of the

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, Tobi Young clerked for Justice

Neil Gorsuch Neil McGill Gorsuch ( ; born August 29, 1967) is an American jurist who serves as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was Neil Gorsuch Supreme Court ...

in 2018–19, and is believed to be the first member of a Native American tribe to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court law clerk.

References

1976 births Living people 21st-century American lawyers 21st-century American judges Duke University alumni George W. Bush administration personnel Justices of the Supreme Court of Texas Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States Marshall Scholars People associated with Baker Botts Place of birth missing (living people) Texas lawyers Texas Republicans United States Department of Justice lawyers Yale Law School alumni {{Texas-state-judge-stub

Education and career

Judicial service

Personal life

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