Toby Jay Heytens (born 1975) is an American attorney and law professor who is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He served as the solicitor general of Virginia from 2018 to 2021.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- University of Virginia School of Law2006–2021
- ↳associate professor · 2006–2014
- ↳co-director, Supreme Court Litigation Clinic · 2011, 2014–2015, 2016–2017
- ↳professor · 2014–2021
- ↳David H. Ibbeken '71 Research Professor · 2015–2018
State of VirginiaSolicitor general · 2018–2021- Office of the Attorney General, State of VirginiaAppellate practice transition counsel · 2018
- Private practice, Washington, D.C.2003–2006, 2014
- U.S. Department of JusticeAssistant to the solicitor general · 2007–2010
- Cornell Law SchoolVisiting assistant professor · 2005
Law clerk , Hon. Ruth Bader Ginsburg · 2002–2003- U.S. Department of JusticeBristow Fellow · 2001–2002
Law clerk , Hon. Edward R. Becker · 2000–2001
Appointments
2021–present · Appointed by Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)
Education
- University of Virginia-Main Campusjd
- Macalester Collegeba
J.D. · 2000- Macalester CollegeB.A. · 1997