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Austin T. Brumbaugh

Associate

Austin’s practice focuses on high-stakes appeals and commercial litigation.

Austin has briefed disputes at all levels of the federal and state courts. He is a graduate of Duke Law School, where he was an Articles Editor of the Duke Law Journal. He also served in the First Amendment Clinic, defending the liberties of indigent state court litigants and authoring amicus briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeal.

Austin clerked for the Honorable Gerald B. Tjoflat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and for the Honorable Lee H. Rosenthal on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Credentials

  • Duke University School of Law
    J.D., magna cum laude
    Order of the Coif
    Articles Editor, Duke Law Journal
    James S. Bidlake Memorial Award
  • University of Washington
    B.A., English & Philosophy, cum laude
  • Law Clerk to the
    Hon. Gerald Tjoflat,
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  • Law Clerk to the
    Hon. Lee H. Rosenthal,
    U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
  • Intern with the North Carolina Office of the Solicitor General
  • Intern to the Hon. Ketanji Brown Jackson, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
  • Admitted to Practice:
    Texas, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth and Fifth Circuits

Professional Honors & Affiliations

  • Member: The Federalist Society
  • Member: Houston Young Lawyers Association
  • Member: St. Thomas More Society