Kyle Hawkins is a nationally recognized appellate specialist and Chair of the firm’s Texas appellate practice. He represents businesses in complex commercial cases at the trial and appellate levels.
From 2018 to 2021, Mr. Hawkins served as the Texas Solicitor General, the state’s chief appellate litigator. In that role, he argued nearly 30 appeals and briefed dozens more at all levels of the state and federal judiciary. Mr. Hawkins has argued four cases in the U.S. Supreme Court, six in the Texas Supreme Court, and 18 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Mr. Hawkins is the only practicing lawyer to have argued five cases before the Fifth Circuit sitting en banc—and he prevailed in all five.
Before joining Lehotsky Keller, Mr. Hawkins was a partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, where he was a member of the appellate and constitutional law practice group. He previously served as a law clerk to Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. of the U.S. Supreme Court, and to Judge Edith H. Jones of the Fifth Circuit. He earned his law degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Minnesota Law School, where he served as the Editor in Chief of the Minnesota Law Review and was a member of the Order of the Coif. He earned his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard College.
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Working in Texas State Government
Austin Lawyers Chapter, Texas Young Lawyers Chapter
Texas Public Policy Foundation901 Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78701
POSTPONED: Suing the Feds
SMU Student Chapter
Hillcrest Classroom in the Underwood Law Library6550 Hillcrest Ave
Dallas, TX 75205
2022 Supreme Court Round Up
Tyler Lawyers Chapter
Willow Brook Country Club3205 W Erwin St
Tyler, TX 75702
Panel Two: Discussion on Nationwide Injunctions
2019 Texas Chapters Conference
On September 14, 2019, The Federalist Society held a panel on Nationwide Injunctions during its...
Panel Two: Discussion on Nationwide Injunctions
2019 Texas Chapters Conference
On September 14, 2019, The Federalist Society held a panel on Nationwide Injunctions during its...