Justice Evan A. Young was appointed to the Supreme Court of Texas in November 2021 by Governor Greg Abbott and was elected to a full term in November 2022.

Justice Young clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia of the U.S. Supreme Court and served as Counsel to the Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice, including nearly a year at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, helping lead the U.S. Government’s Rule of Law mission. He later joined Baker Botts L.L.P., where he chaired the firm’s Supreme Court and Constitutional Law practice group.

Justice Young served on the Texas Judicial Council from 2017 until his appointment to the Supreme Court. He is a member of the Supreme Court Advisory Committee, an elected member of the American Law Institute, and an adjunct professor at The University of Texas School of Law. He received bachelor’s degrees from Duke University and from Oxford University, where he was a Marshall Scholar, and his law degree from Yale Law School.