Eric Chunyee Tung | |
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| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |
| Assumed office November 7, 2025 | |
| Appointed by | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Sandra Segal Ikuta |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1984 (age 40–41) |
| Education | Yale University (BA) University of Chicago (JD) |
Eric Chunyee Tung (born 1984) is an American lawyer who has served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit since 2025. He was a partner with the law firm of Jones Day from 2019 to 2025.
Early life and education
[edit]Tung was born in 1984, in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.[1] He received at Bachelor of Arts in philosophy in 2006 from Yale University. He received a Juris Doctor, magna cum laude and Order of the Coif, in 2008 from University of Chicago Law School, where he was managing editor of the University of Chicago Law Review. Tung served as a law clerk for Judge Neil Gorsuch of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit from 2010 to 2011 and Associate Justice Antonin Scalia of the United States Supreme Court from 2012 to 2013.[2] Tung clerked for Gorsuch again from 2017 to 2018, after Gorsuch was confirmed to the United States Supreme Court.
Career
[edit]Tung served with the United States Department of Justice as a Bristow Fellow in the office of the Solicitor General of the United States from 2011 to 2012, as an assistant United States attorney in the Central District of California in Los Angeles from 2016 to 2017 and as counsel in the Office of Legal Policy in 2017.[2] In January 2019, Tung became a partner with the law firm of Jones Day[3][2] at their Los Angeles office,[2] where his focus was on appeals, commercial law, qui tam actions, health care law, product liability, and cryptocurrency law.[4][1]
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2025–Present)
[edit]On July 2, 2025, President Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Tung to a seat to be vacated by Judge Sandra Segal Ikuta of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.[3] A hearing on his nomination was held on July 30, 2025.[5] On September 11, 2025, his nomination was advanced to the United States Senate by a 12-10 vote.[6][1] The Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 51-46 vote.[7] Tung was confirmed on November 5, 2025 by a 52-45 vote.[8] He received his judicial commission on November 7, 2025.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Tung, Eric Chunyee (July 30, 2025). "Senate Judiciary Committee Questionnaire" (PDF). judiciary.senate.gov. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Eric Tung | Lawyers". www.jonesday.com.
- ^ a b Raymond, Nate; Martinez, Christian (July 2, 2025). "Trump names two new nominees to serve as appeals court judges". Reuters. Retrieved July 3, 2025.
- ^ "Trump nominates another Asian American lawyer for appellate bench". Yahoo News. July 18, 2025.
- ^ "Nominations". United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. July 30, 2025. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
- ^ "Results of the Committee Executive Business Meeting". United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. September 11, 2025. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
- ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Eric Chunyee Tung to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit)". www.senate.gov. November 3, 2025. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
- ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Eric Chunyee Tung, of California, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit)". www.senate.gov. November 5, 2025. Retrieved November 5, 2025.
- ^ Eric Tung at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
External links
[edit]- Eric Tung at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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