Judd Stone
{{Short description|American lawyer and Texas Solicitor General}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Judd Stone
| office = 8th Solicitor General of Texas
| governor = Greg Abbott
| term_start = February 1, 2021
| term_end = October 2023
| predecessor = Kyle D. Hawkins
| successor = Aaron Nielson
| birth_name = Judd Edward Stone II
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| death_date =
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| party = Republican
| education = University of Texas, Dallas (BA)
Northwestern University (JD)
}}
Judd Edward Stone II is an American lawyer who served as the solicitor general of Texas from February 1, 2021{{Cite web |title=AG Paxton Announces Appointment of Judd Stone to Solicitor General and Departure of Kyle Hawkins |url=https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/ag-paxton-announces-appointment-judd-stone-solicitor-general-and-departure-kyle-hawkins |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Texas Attorney General |language=en}} to October 2023.{{cite news|first1=Vianna|last1=Davila|first2=Patrick|last2=Sviteck|title=Two of Ken Paxton’s top deputies depart attorney general’s office
|publisher=The Texas Tribune|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/19/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-judd-stone-chris-hilton/|date=October 19, 2023|access-date=October 27, 2023}}
Biography
Stone grew up in Collin County and Bexar County, Texas. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Dallas and his Juris Doctor degree from Northwestern University School of Law. He served as a clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia on the United States Supreme Court, to Edith Jones on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and to Justice Daniel Winfree on the Alaska Supreme Court. He later practiced in the Supreme Court and Appellate Practice Group at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, as well as at Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, before becoming Chief Counsel to Senator Ted Cruz.{{Cite web |date=2018-04-04 |title=Sen. Cruz Announces Staff Updates |url=https://www.cruz.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2018/04/04/sen-cruz-announces-staff-updates |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas |language=en}}
In 2020, Stone began working in the office of the Texas Solicitor General. After Texas Solicitor General Kyle D. Hawkins announced his intent to resign in January 2021, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appointed Stone to replace him. Stone became Texas Solicitor General upon Hawkins' resignation on February 1, 2021.{{Cite web |title=Judd Edward Stone, II |url=https://fedsoc.org/contributors/judd-stone |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Federalist Society}}{{Cite news |last=Heyward |first=Giulia |date=2021-11-01 |title=Judd Stone II, the Texas solicitor general, makes his Supreme Court debut. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/01/us/politics/judd-stone-abortion.html |access-date=2023-02-17 |issn=0362-4331}}
References
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External links
- [https://fedsoc.org/contributors/judd-stone Federalist Society Profile]
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Category:21st-century American lawyers
Category:Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law alumni
Category:People from Bexar County, Texas
Category:People from Collin County, Texas
Category:Solicitors general of Texas
Category:University of Texas at Dallas alumni
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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