Governor Greg Abbott has named Trevor Ezell as General Counsel to the Governor. James P. Sullivan, who began serving as General Counsel in November 2021, was appointed to the Supreme Court of Texas, Place 2, earlier this week. Ezell previously served as Deputy General Counsel under Sullivan.
Trevor W. Ezell has served as Deputy General Counsel to the Governor since 2023. Before joining the Governor’s Office, Ezell litigated complex cases at every level of the state and federal judiciaries, both in private practice at Clement & Murphy in Washington, D.C., and in government service as an assistant attorney general for the State of Texas. He twice clerked for Justice Neil Gorsuch on the Supreme Court of the United States. He also clerked for Judge Andrew Oldham on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and now-Chief Judge Jeffrey Sutton on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and previously taught as an adjunct professor at The University of Texas School of Law. He is a graduate of Stanford Law School and Kenyon College.
