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Eric Chunyee Tung
Active judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Eric Chunyee Tung serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Appointed by Donald J. Trump and confirmed Nov 5, 2025 by a 52–45 Senate vote. ABA rating: Well Qualified.
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Confirmed
- Nov 5, 2025
- Senate vote
- 52–45
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
- Born
- 1984
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDonald J. Trump · Nov 5, 2025
Education
- Yale UniversityB.A., 2006
- University of Chicago Law SchoolJ.D., 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
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