Josh Hawley
| Josh Hawley | |
|---|---|
| 42nd Attorney General of Missouri | |
|
Assumed office January 9, 2017 |
|
| Governor | Eric Greitens |
| Preceded by | Chris Koster |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 31, 1979 Lexington, Missouri, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Erin Morrow |
| Children | 2 sons |
| Education |
Stanford University (BA) Yale University (JD) |
| Website |
Campaign website Government website |
Joshua David “Josh” Hawley (born December 31, 1979) is an American constitutional attorney and politician who serves as the 42nd and current Attorney General of Missouri. Hawley has served as co-counsel on multiple cases at the United States Supreme Court, including Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, 573 U.S. ___ (2014) and Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC, 565 U.S. ___ (2012).
Hawley grew up in Lexington, Missouri, and graduated from Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, Missouri. He went on to graduate with highest honors from Stanford University with an A.B. in History. He attended Yale Law School, where he led the conservative Yale Federalist Society and earned clerkships at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and subsequently the United States Supreme Court.
After attending Yale Law School, Josh was selected to be a judicial clerk for the Hon. Michael W. McConnell of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He subsequently earned a clerkship at the U.S. Supreme Court with Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. During this time, Hawley met his wife, a fellow Supreme Court clerk, Erin Morrow Hawley.
After Hawley’s clerkships, he worked as an appellate litigator at Hogan Lovells US LLP in Washington D.C. At Hogan, Josh briefed cases in multiple federal circuit courts, numerous state courts and the Supreme Court of the United States. His practice spanned multiple fields of law, including the First Amendment, copyright, ERISA and criminal law.
...
Wikipedia