Eric Chunyee Tung
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Born 1984.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump (Republican)
- Nominated
- Jul 15, 2025
- Senate vote
- 52 to 45
- Confirmed
- Nov 5, 2025
- Commissioned
- Nov 7, 2025
Education
- B.A., Yale University, 2006
- J.D., University of Chicago Law School, 2010
Career
- Law clerk, Hon. Neil M. Gorsuch, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 2010-2011
- Bristow Fellow, Office of the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice, 2011-2012
- Law clerk, Hon. Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States, 2012-2013
- Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 2014-2016, 2019-2025
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Central District of California, 2016-2017
- Counsel, Office of Legal Policy, U.S. Department of Justice, 2017
- Law clerk, Hon. Neil M. Gorsuch, Supreme Court of the United States, 2017-2018
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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