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# Eric Chunyee Tung

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · U.S. Circuit Judge

## Profile

- Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- State: National federal courts
- Role: U.S. Circuit Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-25

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- In summary: Eric Chunyee Tung is a highly experienced jurist with a background in top-tier legal clerkships, federal government service, and private practice, now serving as a Ninth Circuit judge since late 2025
- American federal judge serving on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, appointed in November 2025 by President Donald Trump
- Law clerk, Hon. Neil M. Gorsuch, Supreme Court of the United States, 2017-2018
- Law clerk to Hon. Neil M. Gorsuch, U.S. Supreme Court (2017–2018)
- Counsel, Office of Legal Policy, U.S. Department of Justice, 2017
- Counsel, Office of Legal Policy, U.S. DOJ (2017)
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Central District of California, 2016-2017
- Earlier private practice at Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP (2014–2016)
- Law clerk, Hon. Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States, 2012-2013
- Law clerk to Hon. Antonin Scalia, U.S. Supreme Court (2012–2013)
- Bristow Fellow, Office of the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice, 2011-2012
- Bristow Fellow, Office of the Solicitor General, U.S. DOJ (2011–2012)
- Law clerk, Hon. Neil M. Gorsuch, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 2010-2011
- Law clerk to Hon. Neil M. Gorsuch, 10th Circuit (2010–2011)

### Education

- University of Chicago Law School (high honors, Order of the Coif) — J.D. (2010)
- in Philosophy, Yale University — B.A. (2006)
- Studied Mandarin Chinese at Peking University between Yale and law school

### Additional information

- Commissioned: November 7, 2025
- Private practice at Jones Day, Los Angeles (2019–2025)
- Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 2014-2016, 2019-2025
- Born 1984 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California
- Preceded by: Sandra Segal Ikuta
- Convert to Roman Catholicism, influenced by the Opus Dei movement
- Member of the Federalist Society and Beverly Hills Bar Association

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### appellate oral argument

Scope: courtwide

In federal courts of appeals, oral argument is allowed unless a three-judge panel unanimously finds one of Rule 34's specified grounds for dispensing with it; the clerk provides the date, time, place, and time allocation.

Evidence excerpt: Oral argument must be allowed in every case unless a panel of three judges who have examined the briefs and record unanimously agrees that oral argument is unnecessary

[Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13762075)
- [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13762075)
- [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13762075)
- [Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure)
- [Judge Eric Chunyee Tung](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13762075)

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