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 |
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| Born | 1984 (age 40–41) |
| Education | Yale University (BA) University of Chicago (JD) |
Eric Chunyee Tung is an American lawyer who was a partner with the law firm of Jones Day. He currently serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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.
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 is on appeals,commercial law,qui tam actions,health care law,product liability,and cryptocurrency law. [4] [1]
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] His nomination was transmitted to the United States Senate on July 15,2025. [5] [1] The Senate confirmed Tung on November 5,2025. [6] He received his judicial commission on November 7,2025. [7]
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