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Eric Chunyee Tung

Eric Chunyee Tung

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1984 in Woodland Hills, CA

FJC ID: 13762075

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.

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Gender
Male
Race
Asian American

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, Los Angeles, California
    2014–2016, 2019–2025
  2. Supreme Court of the United States
    Supreme Court of the United States
    Law clerk , Hon. Neil M. Gorsuch · 2017–2018
  3. Central District of California
    Central District of California
    Assistant U.S. attorney · 2016–2017
  4. Office of Legal Policy, U.S. Department of Justice
    Office of Legal Policy, U.S. Department of Justice
    Counsel · 2017
  5. Supreme Court of the United States
    Supreme Court of the United States
    Law clerk , Hon. Antonin Scalia · 2012–2013
  6. Office of the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice
    Office of the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice
    Bristow Fellow · 2011–2012
  7. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
    Law clerk , Hon. Neil M. Gorsuch · 2010–2011

Appointments

  1. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    2025–present · Appointed by Donald J. Trump (Republican)

Education

  1. University of Chicago Law School
    University of Chicago Law School
    J.D. · 2010
  2. Yale University
    B.A. · 2006