FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION—November 1, 2021
Contact: Lucy Nashed
lucy@tortreform.com
512-478-0200

AUSTIN – Texans for Lawsuit Reform (TLR) today issued the following statement regarding Gov. Greg Abbott’s appointment of Evan Young to the Texas Supreme Court:

“Evan Young is a highly experienced attorney whose work at the highest levels of our state and federal legal systems will bring important knowledge and skills to the Texas Supreme Court,” TLR General Counsel Lee Parsley said. “Evan is an experienced appellate lawyer, having argued complicated cases before the Texas and U.S. Supreme courts. He has honed a principled legal philosophy through a clerkship with former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and his work in Iraq as the Deputy Rule of Law Coordinator. Evan will apply the constitution and our laws as written and will become an influential jurist.”

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