Eric Tung

Eric Chunyee Tung
Eric Chunyee Tung
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; November 7, 2025
Appointed by	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Sandra Segal Ikuta
Personal details
Born	1984 (age 40–41); Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California
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.

Early life and education

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.

^ ^a ^b ^c Tung, Eric Chunyee (July 30, 2025). "Tung's Senate Judiciary Committee Questionnaire" (PDF). judiciary.senate.gov. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Eric Tung | Lawyers". www.jonesday.com.
^ ^a ^b Raymond, Nate; Martinez, Christian (July 2, 2025). "Trump names two new nominees to serve as appeals court judges". Reuters. Retrieved July 3, 2025.
^ "Trump nominates another Asian American lawyer for appellate bench". Yahoo News. July 18, 2025.
^ "PN400-3 - Nomination of Eric Chunyee Tung for The Judiciary, 119th Congress (2025-2026)". www.congress.gov. July 15, 2025.
^ "Roll Call Vote 119th Congress - 1st Session". www.senate.gov. November 5, 2025. Retrieved November 5, 2025.

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