Kyle D. Hawkins

Kyle Douglas Hawkins (born May 6, 1980) is the Solicitor General of Texas, appointed by the Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in September 2018 after the previous Solicitor General, Scott Keller, resigned.[1] Kyle Hawkins announced his intention to resign on January 11, 2021. His last day in office will be February 1, 2021.[2]

Kyle D. Hawkins
7th Solicitor General of Texas
Assumed office
September 10, 2018
Attorney GeneralKen Paxton
Preceded byScott A. Keller
Personal details
Born
Kyle Douglas Hawkins

(1980-05-06) May 6, 1980
South Africa
EducationHarvard University (AB)
University of Minnesota (JD)

Early life and education

Hawkins was born in South Africa to Greer and Douglas Hawkins. In 1986, he moved with his family to the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area after his father accepted a professorship in statistics at the University of Minnesota.[3] He graduated from Edina High School in Edina, Minnesota in 1998 before attending Harvard University where he graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in 2002. He then worked as a management consultant in Chicago for two years, before moving to Japan for another two years to teach English. In 2006 he returned to Minnesota to attend the University of Minnesota Law School where served as Editor in Chief of the Minnesota Law Review and graduated summa cum laude in 2009 with a Juris Doctor degree.[4][5]

After law school, Hawkins worked briefly at Faegre Baker Daniels before serving as a law clerk for Judge Edith Jones on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit for one year in 2010. Following his clerkship, he worked for Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Washington, D.C.. In the 2013 Supreme Court Term, Hawkins served as a law clerk for Justice Samuel Alito. He was also the Assistant Solicitor General before serving in his current position as Solictor General.[6][7][8][5]

He frequently accepts invitations to speak by chapters of the Federalist Society. A 2020 speech he gave at Stanford University Law School regarding the legality of the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy was the subject of a student walk-out.[9]

In his role as Solicitor General of Texas, Hawkins represents Texas in cases before federal and state appellate courts. He has presented oral argument before the Supreme Court of the United States, the Supreme Court of Texas, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (including two en banc sittings), and various appellate and district courts throughout Texas.[10] In 2018, Hawkins argued on behalf of 36 states seeking to uphold the separate sovereignty exception in Gamble v. United States.[11][12]

See also
  • List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States


References
  1. Platoff, Emma (2018-09-19). "As solicitor general, Kyle Hawkins will lead Texas fights against the federal government". Texas Tribune. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  2. "AG Paxton Announces Appointment of Judd Stone to Solicitor General and Departure of Kyle Hawkins" (Press release). Texas Attorney General's Office. January 13, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  3. "Douglas M. Hawkins Professional History".
  4. "Kyle Douglas Hawkins:2014 Temple Bar Scholar Report". American Inns of Court.
  5. Kaczke, Lisa (2013-07-17). "Clerking for the Supreme Court". Sun Current. Edina, Minnesota. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  6. "State Bar of Texas - Find A Lawyer - Kyle Douglas Hawkins". www.texasbar.com.
  7. "Kyle Hawkins - Texas State Directory Online". www.txdirectory.com.
  8. "Kyle Hawkins elevated to succeed Scott Keller as Texas solicitor general". Longview News-Journal. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  9. Ingram, Julia (2020-02-11). "Students walk out of Law School talk on legality of repealing DACA". Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  10. "Kyle D. Hawkins, Solicitor General of Texas" (PDF). Congress.gov. 2019-06-25. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  11. "Transcript of Oral Arguments in Gamble v. United States" (PDF). US Supreme Court. 2018-12-06. Retrieved 2020-09-18. KYLE D. HAWKINS, Texas Solicitor General, Austin, Texas; for Texas, et al., as amici curiae, in support of affirmance.
  12. Barnes, Robert (2018-12-06). "Supreme Court seems reluctant to prohibit state and federal prosecutions of same crime". Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-09-18. Texas Solicitor General Kyle D. Hawkins said the status quo was working well and meant state and federal prosecutors cooperate rather than compete. He said he was representing 36 states, with about 86 percent of the country’s population. He noted 20 states bar prosecutions when there was already a federal conviction. “The states may disagree with one another about various policy issues, but we are united here in urging the court not to overrule its long-standing interpretation of the Double Jeopardy Clause,” he said.
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